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Cover by Chris Walker kindle nook epub or pdf through personal e-mail delivery (please specify which format you prefer when you order): $5.99   THE MAN WHO FOUND HIMSELF by Henri Duvernois adapted by Brian Stableford "Varvouste has solved the problem of inter-atomic energy. That is to say that he has taken to its extreme limit the attempts at liberation sketched out by radium, and, thanks to his discovery, an interplanetary voyage will become possible. In three years, one could reach, in the direction of the nearest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri, a planet which Varvouste has named after his wife..." US$16.95/GBP 10.99 5x8 tpb, 180 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-935558-04-0 In The Man Who Found Himself (1936), a starship transports the protagonist to a world orbiting Proxima Centauri. After a three-year journey at the speed of light, the hero discovers that that planet is identical to Earth in every respect, except that its history is unfolding 40 years in arrears. His arrival offers the 60-year-old protagonist the opportunity of "finding himself" at 20. Will his knowledge of future events enable him to manufacture a better life for his family? The Man Who Found Himself is one of the earliest French texts to feature interstellar faster-than-light travel and combine the notions of a trip in time and in space; it is a significant work in the history of French science fiction. Brian M. Stableford has been a professional writer since 1965. He has published more than 60 science fiction and fantasy novels, as well as several authoritative non-fiction books. He is also translating the works of Paul Féval and other French writers of the fantastique for Black Coat Press which also published his most two recent fantasy novels: The New Faust at the Tragicomique, The Wayward Muse and The Stones of Camelot. Contents: - L'Homme qui s'est retrouvé [The Man Who Found Himself] (1936) Introduction by Brian Stableford.