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7.6/10 SensCritique Series Nikopol Trilogy Artists Enki Bilal Publisher Humanoids Publishing Illustrator Enki Bilal Artist Enki Bilal | 3.8/5 Goodreads 5/5 Livre - Fnac Writers Enki Bilal ISBN 978-2731609837 Originally published 1992 Preceded by La Femme Piège Date of publication 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Froid Équateur (French for "Cold Equator") is a science fiction graphic novel published in 1992, written and illustrated by Yugoslavian-French cartoonist and storyteller Enki Bilal. It is the third and final part of the Nikopol Trilogy, started by La Foire aux immortels (The Carnival of Immortals) from 1980 and continuing with La Femme piège (The Woman Trap) in 1986. The books were awarded with the Book of the Year Award by the magazine Lire.
Chess boxing
The book extensively features chess boxing, a hybrid sport mixing chess and boxing. In 2003, chess boxing became a real sport, directly inspired by how it appeared in Froid Équateur.
References
Froid Équateur Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA