Raph Glymm is the chief of the Aréanthropes, a “vieil Aréanthrope” or old Martian. He is physically imposing at about 2.75 meters tall, with three eyes capable of emitting powerful effects. He issues an ultimatum to humanity: Abandon resistance and submit, or face total destruction. When the worker-class Aréanthropes become intoxicated, they lose control and turn violent, and “massacrèrent… les Martiens savants.”
First Appearance Ciel contre terre (1924) by Henri Allorge
First Publisher Hachette
Appearance List Ciel contre terre (1924) by Henri Allorge — published in Paris by Hachette in the Bibliothèque de la jeunesse, with illustrations by Édouard Zier; Ciel contre terre (1998, reissue/facsimile, Brussels: Éditions Recto-Verso, Centre de Documentation de l’Étrange item 0078); Ciel contre terre (2018) — print-on-demand reissue based on original 1924 edition via Hachette Livre / BnF heritage reprint program.
Sample Read Ciel contre terre / par Henri Allorge ; illustrations de Edouard Zier (1924) [Gallica (BNF)]
Description Raph Glymm is the chief of the Aréanthropes, a “vieil Aréanthrope” or old Martian. He is physically imposing at about 2.75 meters tall, with three eyes capable of emitting powerful effects. He issues an ultimatum to humanity: Abandon resistance and submit, or face total destruction. When the worker-class Aréanthropes become intoxicated, they lose control and turn violent, and “massacrèrent… les Martiens savants.”
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Ciel contre terre (1924) by Henri Allorge | Illustrated by Édouard Zier
