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Bernard Werber in 2013. Photo by Michel Restany, licensed under CC-BY-SA3.0
Bernard Werber is a French author, famous for his novel Les fourmis (The Ants). His works include many novels, a play and one movie.
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Works written by Bernard Werber include:
The books which compose The Ants cycle:[]
- Les Fourmis (The Ants), 1991
- Le Jour des Fourmis (The Day of the Ants), 1992
- La Révolution des Fourmis (The Revolution of the Ants), 1996
- Le Livre Secret des Fourmis (The Secret Book of the Ants)
The books which compose The Science Adventurers cycle:[]
- Le Père de nos Pères (The Father of our Fathers), 1998
- L’Ultime Secret (The Ultimate Secret), 2001
- Le Rire du Cyclope (The Laughter of the Cyclops), 2010
- Pentalogie du Ciel (The Pentalogy of the Sky)
The books which compose The Angels cycle:[]
- Les Thanatonautes (The Thanatonauts), 1994
- L’Empire des Anges (The Empire of the Angels), 2000
The books which compose The Gods cycle:[]
- Nous, les Dieux (Us, Gods), 2004
- Le Souffle des Dieux (The Breath of the Gods), 2005
- Le Mystère des Dieux (The Mystery of the Gods), 2007
Other books:[]
- Le Livre du Voyage (The Book of Travel), 1997
- L’Encyclopédie du savoir Relatif et Absolu (The Encyclopedia of Relative and Absolute Knowledge), 2000
- L’Arbre des Possibles (short stories), 2002
- Nos Amis les Humains (play), 2003
- Nos Amis les Terriens (Our Friends, the Earthlings)
- Le Papillon des Étoiles (The Butterfly of the Stars)
- Paradis sur Mesure (short stories)
- Le Miroir de Cassandre (The Mirror of Cassandra)
Film:[]
- Nos Amis les Terriens (Our Friends, the Earthlings)
Bernard Werber provides examples of the following tropes:
- Action Girl : Mata Hari, Marilyn Monroe, Amanda
- Action Mom : Rose
- Atlantis : L’Île de la Tranquillité (the Island of Tranquillity).
- Author Catchphrase : “Toi et moi contre les imbéciles!” (could be translated as "You and me against the morons !")
- Author Tract : Michael Pinson votes white, in order to show that he agrees with democracy but not with the candidates.
- Badass Bookworm Edmond Wells, Michael Pinson, Raoul Razorbak.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: If your angel can't be there when you make a wish, you are parasited by a lost soul who grants your wish, but take something in exchange.
- Bi the Way : Zeus.
- The Chosen One : Played right, the Educated. Subverted, Michael Pinson, who rather seems to be The Chosen Zero.
- Continuity Porn : Especially at the end of the cycle of Gods.
- Dan Browned : Bernard Werber uses to present some facts as real, whereas they just are suppositions or even things he imagined.
- Deadpan Snarker : Raoul Razorbak.
- Did Not Do the Research : Many errors remain in the books, especially about mythology. For example, Egyptian sphinxes aren’t female.
- Fainting Seer : Cassandre Katzenberg.
- Foreshadowing : The planet Red is imagined by Jacques Nemrod as a child, before being visited by Michael and the others.
- Good Parents : Jacques Nemrod parents.
- Grass Is Greener:
- Subverted with the main characters of the Pentalogy of the Sky, who keep seeking a better place, even when they are in Heaven or to Aeden.
- Fetnat leaved Africa and emigrate to France.
- Kim moved from Corea to France for this reason.
- Intelligence Equals Isolation : Michael Pinson, Jacques Nemrod.
- It's All About Me : Venus Sheridan
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall / Noticing the Fourth Wall
- Meaningful Name
- Wells is a pun on “wells” and is a reference to H.G. Wells and to Orson Welles. The character mentions that in the Angel cycle.
- Michael means Who is like God? , which defines Michael’s quest.
- In French, Amanda reminds almond.
- Cassandre, who is a Seer, obviously.
- Esméralda’s name is a reference to the character of Victor Hugo
- Fetnat Wade’s first name comes from the French abbreviation for “national celebration”, “fête nationale”. His parents, ineducated, thought it was a real French name.
- Orlando Van de Putte’s last name means “from the wells”, but also pronounces like the French words for “wind of whore”.
- Philippe Papadakis likes horses, as says his name (“phil”, love and “hippos”, horses).
- Venus comes from the Roman goddess of beauty, and this character is a top-model. Sheridan is Le Fanu’s first name.
- Véronique Papadakis is a photograph (“vero”, real and “iconos”, image).
- Our Angels Are Different : In the Angels’ cycle, guardians angels appear as attorneys-at-law, who defend their clients.
- Our Ghosts Are Different : All ghosts are lost souls, who can take the control of a human, especially a medium. They can disappear in the light when they are fought with the Power of Love.
- Power of Love : Literally.
- Recursive Canon: The Thanatonauts, written by Michael Pinson in... The Thanatonauts.
- Recycled in Space Greek Mythology… IN SPACE!
- Scenery Porn : Aeden.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money : Chris Petters
- Story Within a Story:
- The Rats in L'Empire des Anges
- The Dolphins in Nous, les Dieux