The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince tells the story of a pilot who crashes in the Sahara and meets a small boy from asteroid B-612.
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
In Alexandre Dumas’ epic adventure story, The Count of Monte Cristo, young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully locked up in the Château d’If, betrayed by jealous rivals in 19th-century France.
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Asterix and the White Iris by Jean-Yves Ferri
It is the fortieth book in the Asterix series. Caesar sends a wellness guru to the village. He spreads calm and positivity to weaken the Gauls from within.
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Oxymore by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2022 album Oxymore is a bold instrumental work of immersive, spatial electronic sound.
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Asterix and the Griffin by Jean-Yves Ferri
It is the thirty-ninth book in the Asterix series. The Gauls travel east to the frozen lands of the Sarmatians. They must protect a legendary griffin from Roman capture.
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Amazônia by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2021 instrumental work, an immersive electronic journey through the sound and spirit of the rainforest.
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Revolutions by Jean-Michel Jarre
A late discovery of Jean-Michel Jarre's 1988 album, electronic music that folds machines and world sounds together.
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Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter by Jean-Yves Ferri
It is the thirty-eighth book in the Asterix series. A teenage girl named Adrenaline arrives in the village. She is the daughter of a famous Gaulish chief.
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Equinoxe Infinity by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2018 electronic album, a sequel to Equinoxe asking how we will live with machines.
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Asterix and the Chariot Race by Jean-Yves Ferri
It is the thirty-seventh book in the Asterix series. Caesar organises a chariot race across Italy. Asterix and Obelix enter to represent Gaul.
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Rendez-Vous by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1986 album, an instrumental record of grand synth suites that I found long after its release.
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Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's second Electronica volume is a sprawl of collaborations, an instrumental tour through decades of electronic sound.
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Oxygène 3 by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2016 album closes the Oxygène trilogy, warm analogue electronic music marking forty years of the original.
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Oxygène 7-13 by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1997 sequel to his landmark, six wordless movements I came to long after the original.
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Asterix and the Missing Scroll by Jean-Yves Ferri
It is the thirty-sixth book in the Asterix series. Caesar writes his memoirs but leaves out the Gaul village. A scribe leaks the missing chapter.
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Electronica 1: The Time Machine by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2015 album, a sweeping collaboration record where the electronic pioneer works with many artists.
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Zoolook by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1984 album built from sampled human voices, a strange record I discovered long after.
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Métamorphoses by Jean-Michel Jarre
A later discovery: Jean-Michel Jarre's 2000 album adds voices to his electronic sound, turning instrumentals into strange, warm songs.
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Lucy
Lucy (2014), directed by Luc Besson, follows a young woman who gains extraordinary mental powers after a drug is absorbed into her body. Scarlett Johansson plays Lucy, a student in Taipei who is forced to carry a new synthetic substance inside her stomach.
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Asterix and the Picts by Jean-Yves Ferri
It is the thirty-fifth book in the Asterix series. A frozen Pict washes ashore. Asterix and Obelix help him return to Scotland and fight for his clan.
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Les Chants Magnétiques (Magnetic Fields) by Jean-Michel Jarre
A 1981 electronic landmark I found years later, Jarre's Magnetic Fields, four parts of pure synthesiser music.
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Chronologie by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1993 electronic suite on the theme of time, an instrumental record I came to long after it appeared.
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Équinoxe by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1978 instrumental electronic suite, a flowing eight-part work I found decades after its release.
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Asterix and Obelix's Birthday by Albert Uderzo
It is the thirty-fourth book in the Asterix series. The village celebrates fifty years of Asterix with a golden book of memories and adventures.
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Waiting for Cousteau by Jean-Michel Jarre
A 1990 instrumental record by Jean-Michel Jarre, found years later: bright calypso pieces and a long, calm ocean drift.
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