Roland Charles Wagner

Who was Roland Charles Wagner?

Roland C. Wagner was a French writer of humorous science fiction. Since his professional debut in 1981, he had written around one hundred novellas and around fifty novels. He was the only writer to have received the Prix Rosny-Aîné seven times, as well as many other awards.

Les Futurs Mystères de Paris features a "transparent" private detective. Starting with La Balle du néant, this cycle has nine titles inside a larger set, including Le Chant du cosmos, a far-future tale which describes a mental game inspired by Go.

La Saison de la sorcière takes place in France with extremely high-level police security, which is invaded by the United States. The novel received the Bob Morane Prize and the Prix Rosny-Aîné in 2004. Le Temps du voyage is a space opera in the mood of Jack Vance.

He had also written an alternate history biography of H. P. Lovecraft under the title HPL which has been translated in English, and several pastiches of famous science fiction authors. For example, his Three Laws of Robotic Sexuality parodies Isaac Asimov's robot stories.