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3.4/5 Babelio Language French Media type Print (Paperback) ISBN 978-1-58435-023-1 Adaptations Babylon A.D. (2008) | 3.3/5 Goodreads Translator Noura Wedell Publication date December 1999 Pages 526 pp Originally published December 1999 Publisher Semiotext(e) OCLC 61129655 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Novel, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction Similar Maurice G Dantec books, Science Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Babylon Babies is the third novel by French-born naturalized Canadian writer Maurice G. Dantec, published in 1999. It follows La Sirène rouge (1993) and Les Racines du mal (1995).
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Plot
Set in 2013, the main character, Hugo Cornelius Toorop (hero of The Red Siren), is a mercenary whose mission is to escort a young woman with schizophrenia, Marie Zorn, from Siberia to Quebec on behalf of a sect. It appears that the young woman is the surrogate mother of twins, representing the next stage of human evolution.
Publication
The novel was published by Gallimard on 12 March 1999 in the collection La Noire. A paperback edition was then published on 4 April 2001 in the collection Folio SF.
Film adaptation
Mathieu Kassovitz and Éric Besnard developed an English-language adaptation of Dantec's novel with financing from StudioCanal and Twentieth Century Fox. Vin Diesel was cast to play the lead.