Bernard Werber

Bernard Werber in 2013. Photo by Michel Restany, licensed under CC-BY-SA3.0

Bernard Werber is a French author, famous for his novel Les fourmis (The Ants). His works include many novels, a play and one movie.

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Works written by Bernard Werber include:

The books which compose The Ants cycle:

• Les Fourmis (The Ants), 1991
• Le Jour des Fourmis (The Day of the Ants), 1992
• La Révolution des Fourmis (The Revolution of the Ants), 1996
• Le Livre Secret des Fourmis (The Secret Book of the Ants)

The books which compose The Science Adventurers cycle:

• Le Père de nos Pères (The Father of our Fathers), 1998
• L’Ultime Secret (The Ultimate Secret), 2001
• Le Rire du Cyclope (The Laughter of the Cyclops), 2010
• Pentalogie du Ciel (The Pentalogy of the Sky)

The books which compose The Angels cycle:

• Les Thanatonautes (The Thanatonauts), 1994
• L’Empire des Anges (The Empire of the Angels), 2000

The books which compose The Gods cycle:

• Nous, les Dieux (Us, Gods), 2004
• Le Souffle des Dieux (The Breath of the Gods), 2005
• Le Mystère des Dieux (The Mystery of the Gods), 2007

Other books:

• Le Livre du Voyage (The Book of Travel), 1997
• L’Encyclopédie du savoir Relatif et Absolu (The Encyclopedia of Relative and Absolute Knowledge), 2000
• L’Arbre des Possibles (short stories), 2002
• Nos Amis les Humains (play), 2003
• Nos Amis les Terriens (Our Friends, the Earthlings)
• Le Papillon des Étoiles (The Butterfly of the Stars)
• Paradis sur Mesure (short stories)
• Le Miroir de Cassandre (The Mirror of Cassandra)

Film:

• Nos Amis les Terriens (Our Friends, the Earthlings)

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Bernard Werber provides examples of the following tropes:

• Action Girl : Mata Hari, Marilyn Monroe, Amanda
• Action Mom : Rose
• Atlantis : L’Île de la Tranquillité (the Island of Tranquillity).
• Author Catchphrase : “Toi et moi contre les imbéciles!” (could be translated as "You and me against the morons !")
• Author Tract : Michael Pinson votes white, in order to show that he agrees with democracy but not with the candidates.
• Badass Bookworm Edmond Wells, Michael Pinson, Raoul Razorbak.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: If your angel can't be there when you make a wish, you are parasited by a lost soul who grants your wish, but take something in exchange.
• Bi the Way : Zeus.
• The Chosen One : Played right, the Educated. Subverted, Michael Pinson, who rather seems to be The Chosen Zero.
• Continuity Porn : Especially at the end of the cycle of Gods.
• Dan Browned : Bernard Werber uses to present some facts as real, whereas they just are suppositions or even things he imagined.
• Deadpan Snarker : Raoul Razorbak.
• Did Not Do the Research : Many errors remain in the books, especially about mythology. For example, Egyptian sphinxes aren’t female.
• Fainting Seer : Cassandre Katzenberg.
• Foreshadowing : The planet Red is imagined by Jacques Nemrod as a child, before being visited by Michael and the others.
• Good Parents : Jacques Nemrod parents.
• Grass Is Greener:
  • Subverted with the main characters of the Pentalogy of the Sky, who keep seeking a better place, even when they are in Heaven or to Aeden.
  • Fetnat leaved Africa and emigrate to France.
  • Kim moved from Corea to France for this reason.
• Intelligence Equals Isolation : Michael Pinson, Jacques Nemrod.
• It's All About Me : Venus Sheridan
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall / Noticing the Fourth Wall
• Meaningful Name
  • Wells is a pun on “wells” and is a reference to H.G. Wells and to Orson Welles. The character mentions that in the Angel cycle.
  • Michael means Who is like God? , which defines Michael’s quest.
  • In French, Amanda reminds almond.
  • Cassandre, who is a Seer, obviously.
  • Esméralda’s name is a reference to the character of Victor Hugo
  • Fetnat Wade’s first name comes from the French abbreviation for “national celebration”, “fête nationale”. His parents, ineducated, thought it was a real French name.
  • Orlando Van de Putte’s last name means “from the wells”, but also pronounces like the French words for “wind of whore”.
  • Philippe Papadakis likes horses, as says his name (“phil”, love and “hippos”, horses).
  • Venus comes from the Roman goddess of beauty, and this character is a top-model. Sheridan is Le Fanu’s first name.
  • Véronique Papadakis is a photograph (“vero”, real and “iconos”, image).
• Our Angels Are Different : In the Angels’ cycle, guardians angels appear as attorneys-at-law, who defend their clients.
• Our Ghosts Are Different : All ghosts are lost souls, who can take the control of a human, especially a medium. They can disappear in the light when they are fought with the Power of Love.
• Power of Love : Literally.
• Recursive Canon: The Thanatonauts, written by Michael Pinson in... The Thanatonauts.
• Recycled in Space Greek Mythology… IN SPACE!
• Scenery Porn : Aeden.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money : Chris Petters
• Story Within a Story:
  • The Rats in L'Empire des Anges
  • The Dolphins in Nous, les Dieux