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  1. George Langelaan. George Langelaan, né le 20 janvier 1908 à Paris et mort le 9 février 1972 à Boulogne-Billancourt 1, est un écrivain et journaliste franco-britannique qui fut agent secret du Special Operations Executive pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il passa la majeure partie de sa vie en France.

  2. Mar 30, 2024 · Group Read 72: The Best Science Fiction Stories of 1957. “The Fly” by George Langelaan #09 of 20 (Read, Listen) “The Fly” by George Langelaan is far more famous as a horror movie than as a science fiction story, but it’s a novelette about a mishap with a matter transmitter, obviously putting it into the territory of science fiction.

  3. Feb 14, 2014 · Francois is awoken in the middle of the night by his sister who calls him to go to the factory where he will find her husband dead and that she is responsible for killing him. It is discovered that Helene had operated a machine that smashed down upon Andre's head and arm. The Commissioner Charas who is investigating the case is attempting to ...

  4. Full Plot Summary. Mr. Woodifield, a retired man who has recently suffered a stroke, sits in the office of his former employer. Mr. Woodifield’s wife and daughters keep him home most of the time because they are concerned for his health, but each Tuesday he is allowed to venture into the city. Mr. Woodifield chooses to spend this time ...

  5. Langelaan, George. Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author. (1908-1972) French-born UK author and journalist, an intelligence agent in World War Two (underwent plastic surgery to change his appearance), active for many years in the USA before returning to France; his first work of genre interest in English became his most famous story ...

  6. Aug 15, 2019 · The Fly arguably remains David Cronenberg’s masterpiece, over 30 years after its release. Loosely based on a 1957 short story by French writer George Langelaan, the movie transcends the story ...

  7. The screenplay of the first film is based on a short story of the same name written by George Langelaan in 1957, presenting a scientist, André Delambre (David Hedison), who accidentally mixes his molecules with a fly in an experiment of his new invention, a matter transference device, and therefore transforms into a human-fly hybrid monster, leading to a series of inevitable tragedies.

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