Bernard Werber

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Bernard Werber
Werber by Michel Reqstany in February 2013.
Born	(1961-09-18) 18 September 1961 (age 59) Toulouse, France
Occupation	Journalist (1983–1990), writer

Bernard Werber (born 1961 in Toulouse) is a French science fiction writer, active since the 1990s. He is chiefly recognized for having written the trilogy Les Fourmis, the only one of his novels to have been published in English. This series weaves together philosophy, spirituality, science fiction, thriller, science, mythology and consciousness.

Writing style[]

Bernard Werber at the Salon du livre de Paris in March 2012.

Werber's writing style mixes literary genres, including saga, science fiction and philosophical ideas.^{[citation needed]} Most of his novels have the same format, alternating between prose and encyclopedic passages that expand upon the ideas in the former. Many of Werber's novels are also connected by common characters, story threads and themes. For example, the character Edmond Wells appears both in the trilogy Les Fourmis (The Ants), the novel (The Empire of the Angels), and the novel Nous Les Dieux (We are Gods).

Literary themes[]

Werber's books anthropomorphize animals including dolphins, rats and ants. He also uses characters symbolically to reflect "the stage of the evolution of the soul". In addition, he defends the vision of a collectivist global government that acts as the "world police" and that imposes strict birth control.^[1][2][3]

Werber is a member of the Institute for Research on Extraordinary Experiences (IREE), an association that promotes the acknowledgement of extraordinary or unusual experiences. This is reflected in his novels that incorporate science, the paranormal and spirituality as prominent themes including Thanatonautes (The Thanatonauts), which proposes a spiritualist version of near death experiences and afterlife; L'Empire des Anges (The Empire of the Angels) and Le Mystère des Dieux (The Mystery of the Gods), which describe a connection between souls, angels and gods; and (Our Earthmen Friends), which describes alien abductions.

Works[]

The Ants trilogy (Les Fourmis trilogy)[]

• Les Fourmis, Prix des lecteurs de Science et Avenir, 1991, ISBN 2-226-05257-7. (lit. The Ants, translated into English as Empire of the Ants).
• Le Jour des fourmis, 1992, ISBN 2-226-06118-5 (lit. The Day of the Ants)
• La Révolution des fourmis, 1996, ISBN 2-226-08636-6 (lit. The Revolution of the Ants)

The "Angels" cycle[]

• Les Thanatonautes, 1994, ISBN 2-226-06758-2 (lit. The Thanatonauts)
• L'Empire des Anges, 2000, ISBN 2-226-11526-9 (lit. The Empire of the Angels)

The "Gods" cycle (follow-up of the cycle of "Angels")[]

• , 2004, ISBN 2-226-15498-1 (lit. We, the Gods)
• , 2005, ISBN 2-226-16807-9 (lit. The Breath of the Gods)
• 2007, ISBN 2-226-17979-8 (lit. The Mystery of the Gods)

The "Explorers of science" cycle[]

• Le père de nos pères, 1998, ISBN 2-226-10562-X (lit. The Father of our Fathers)
• , 2001, ISBN 2-226-12740-2 (lit. The Ultimate Secret)
• , 2010, ISBN 2-226-21529-8 (lit. The Laughter of the Cyclops)

Third Humanity cycle[]

• , 2012, (lit. Third Humanity)
• , 2013, (lit. The micro-humans)
• , 2014, (lit. The Voice of the Earth)

Other novels[]

• Le papillon des étoiles, 2006, ISBN 2-226-17349-8 (lit. The Butterfly of the Stars)
• Le miroir de Cassandre, 2009, ISBN 2-226-19402-9 (lit. The Mirror of Cassandra)
• , 2016 (lit. Tomorrow the cats)
• , 2017 (lit. From Beyond)
• , 2018 (lit. Pandora's Box)

Experimental books[]

• L'Encyclopédie du savoir relatif et absolu, 1993, ISBN 2-226-06583-0 (lit. The Encyclopedia of Relative and Absolute Knowledge)
• , 1997, ISBN 2-226-09445-8 (lit. The Book of Travel)
• , 2002 (lit. The Secret Book of the Ants)
• , 2003 (lit. Our Friends, the Humans)
• Nouvelle Encyclopédie du savoir relatif et absolu, 2009 (lit. New Encyclopedia of Relative and Absolute Knowledge)
• , 2011 (lit. Journey within the Living)

Short-story Collections[]

• , 2002, ISBN 2-226-13459-X (lit. The Tree of Possibles)
• , 2008, ISBN 9782226188502 (lit. Custom Paradise(s))

Comics[]

• Exit
  • Exit Tome 1, 1999, ISBN 2-226-10451-8
  • Le Deuxième Cercle, 2000, ISBN 2-226-11474-2 (lit. The Second Circle)
  • Jusqu'au dernier souffle, 2002 (lit. Until the Last Breath)
• , May 2005 (lit. The Children of Eve)

Films[]

• (short, 15'), 2001 (lit. The Mother-of-pearl Queen)
• (short, 9'), 2003 (lit. The Humans)
• Nos amis les Terriens (full length), produced by Claude Lelouch, 2007 (lit. Our Friends, the Earthlings)

Theatre[]

• , 2003, ISBN 2-226-13793-9, produced in 2004 by with Audrey Dana and
• , 2011,produced in 2011 by with Thierry Liagre

Lectures[]

• 2013-11-17, at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Korea. "Different perspective to look at human"^[4]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bernard Werber.

• Works by or about Bernard Werber at Internet Archive
• (in French) Werber's official website
• (in French) Encyclopédie du savoir relatif et absolu online
• (in French) His page as a member of the assistance committee of the INREES