François Bordes (December 30, 1919 – April 30, 1981), also known by the pen name of Francis Carsac, was a French scientist, geologist, archaeologist, and science fiction writer. He was a professor of prehistory and quaternary geology at the Science Faculty of Bordeaux. He decisively renewed the approach of focusing on prehistoric lithic industries, introducing statistical studies in typology and expanding the use of experimental flint knapping. He was known among archaeologists throughout the world for his ability to replicate ancient stone implements; his technique was showcased in a photo essay in the "Early Man" volume of the Life Nature Library. He also published many science fiction novels under his pen name. In the USSR the science fiction of Carsac was very popular. He was translated and published into Russian as well as Romanian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Hungarian, Estonian , Portuguese, amongst others. However, no translations into English existed until 2020, when Pour patrie l’espace was published as The City Among the Stars. "Principes d'une méthode d'étude des techniques de débitage et de la typologie du Paléolithique ancien et moyen", L'Anthropologie, t. 54 (1950) A Tale of two caves, Harper and Row, 169 p., (1972) Typologie du Paléolithique ancien et moyen, Delmas, Publications de l'Institut de Préhistoire de l'Université de Bordeaux, Mémoire n° 1 (1961), réédition CNRS 1988 : Leçons sur le Paléolithique, CNRS, 3 vol. (1984) Ceux de nulle part (Those of Nowhere) (1954) Les Robinsons du Cosmos (The Robinsons of the Cosmos) (1955) — A piece of French land is ripped off from the Earth during a galactic collision and planted on an alien planet. Terre en fuite (Fleeing Earth) (1960) Pour patrie l’espace (The City Among the Stars) (1962) Ce monde est nôtre (This World is Ours) (1962) La Vermine du Lion (The Lion's Parasites) (1967) Sur un monde stérile (On a Barren World) (1997; written in 1945) "Hachures" (Hatch) (1954) "Taches de rouille" (Spots of Rust) (1954) "Genèse" (Genesis) (1958) "L’Homme
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