Bernard Heuvelmans Books
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 2nd, 2007
During 2007, two books, one about and one by Bernard Heuvelmans, will be published in French, appearing by late February from the publisher Les Editions de l’Oeil du Sphinx, Paris.
The biography by Jean-Jacques Barloy is entitled Bernard Heuvelmans: Un Rebelle de la Science (Bernard Heuvelmans: A Science Rebel).
Barloy is also involved as the annotator of Heuvelmans’ forthcoming books. Jean-Luc Rivera is the director of the publishing of the Heuvelmans collection of books, Bibliothèque Heuvelmansienne (Heuvelmansian Library).
The collection’s first volume – which has never been published before – is Les Félins Encore Inconnus d’Afrique (The Felines Still Unknown in Africa) by Bernard Heuvelmans. The book on cryptid felids is annotated with updates by Jean-Jacques Barloy (perhaps Bernard Heuvelmans’ closest living friend and disciple).
The collection will publish the complete cryptozoological works of Bernard Heuvelmans over a period of several years. It will all be in French, the original language of the books and there are no plans yet to do the huge amount of translation work required for these books to appear in English.
Speaking of French volumes, the book-bound journal La Gazette Fortéenne #5 is also due out in March 2007. From the initial volumes with Jean-Luc Rivera as their editor, the La Gazette Fortéenne have been superb collections incorporating unique international information.
Volume 5 has these cryptozoology chapters:
– Michel Meurger: “Pieuvres d’eau douce, ethnozoologie et cryptozoologie”
– Benoit Grison: “‘Hommes Sauvages’ & Primates énigmatiques d’Afrique: un imbroglio cryptozoologique”
– François de Sarre: “Des géants et des hommes… ”
– Aurore Mosnier: “Qu’était la Bête du Gévaudan?”
– Jean-Luc Buard: “Qui a découvert l’arbre anthropophage de Madagascar?”
– Loren Coleman: “Tom Slick et la CIA”.
Illustrations of Bernard Heuvelmans and friends © Alika Lindbergh; used by permission.
Appreciation to Jean-Luc Rivera for this bibliographical information.
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
Merde!
When are these going to be published in English or at least the US version of English?
Years ago, when the last revised edition of ‘On the Track of Unknown Animals’ came out, there was supposed to be a series of translation of his other crypto works. Somehow it never materialized and the non-French speaking world is poorer for it.
As mentioned in the posting, no announcement on any English translations are ready to be made. Nevertheless, I think we will be seeing some of these in English during the next decade.
Unfortunately (especially for several of us who sent in money never to be seen again about ten years ago), the entire series of Heuvelmans’ English-translated books never materialized, due to the death of a translator and the objections Heuvelmans had to some earlier translations that were partially finished.
Kegan Paul did put:
Natural History of Hidden Animals
By: Heuvelmans, Bernard. Edited with an introduction by Peter Gwynvay Hopkins in 2006.
The price is just under 70 pounds, so is pricey.
It is described as:
“Description
Dr. Heuvelmans, the founder of Cryptozoology, or the science of unknown animals, was an enormously influential explorer and an industrious writer who changed the way in which we perceive natural history, the living world and evolution.
This book, approved by Dr. Heuvelmans before his death in 2001, contains key writings, the majority of which have never been published before, drawn from his work, an overview of the development of Cryptozoology, Dr. Heuvelman’s thinking on the subject he invented, from the initial scepticism and even derision from the scientific community to an ultimate acceptance of most of his ideas.”
This is coupled with “The Kraken and the Colossal Octopus” from 2003, also from Kegan Paul and priced at 95 pounds.
Craig Heinselman
Peterborough, NH
Thanks, Craig, for recalling for us all, The Kraken and the Colossal Octopus, which I did pick as the best book in cryptozoology for 2003.
Unfortunately, I have not seen 2006’s Natural History of Hidden Animals.
I am so disappointed that they will not be translated into English!
Heinselman, does the book contain Heuvelmans’ work on the “Iceman”?
CHEEZ WHIZ!
‘The Kraken and the Collossal Octopus’ is $144 + shipping from Amazon!
Figured I’d save a little if I looked for a used copy at abebooks but the cheapest — USED copy was $225 +!
It’s tempting to buy out the ones from Amazon and beat the heck out of them so I could sell them used at a profit. Somehow I think that wouldn’t work though.
And I can’t find any copies of ‘The Natural History of Hidden Animals’ anywhere. Are you sure this book isn’t a cryptid?
You can order directly through Kegan Paul for the Heuvelmans books. All three (3) they reprinted or reissued:
On the Track
Natural History
Kraken & Octopus
Craig Heinselman
Peterborough, NH
Thanks Craig! I’ve got it Kegan Paul bookmarked, now if I get a budget to work eith I’m set.