COTE, Denis

(1954-)

   Canadian author whose first two novels, marketed like their successors as juveniles, were Les Hockeyeurs cybernetiques (1983; trans Jane Brierley as Shooting for the Stars 1990), a tale marked by a high degree of invention, and Les Paralleles celestes ("The Celestial Parallels") (1983), which demonstrates considerable literary ambition and talent. The former book begins the Inactifs sequence, further volumes including L'idole des inactifs ("A Star for the Idle Masses") (1989), La Revolte des inactifs ("The Rebellion of the Idle Masses") (1990) and Le Retour des inactifs ("The Return of the Idle Masses") (1991). DC won the 1984 Canada Council Award and the Grand prix de la science-fiction et du Fantastique Quebecois. Some of DC's short stories are non-juvenile.

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   Other works: Les Geants de blizzard ("The Giants in the Blizzard") (1985); La Penombre jaune ("Yellow Shadow") (1986); Nocturnes pour Jessie ("Nocturnes for Jessie") (1987); Les Prisonniers du zoo ("Prisoners of the Zoo") (1988); Terminus cauchemar ("Terminus Nightmare") (1991); Les Yeux d'emeraude ("Eyes of Emerald") (1991).