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Les Fourmis (English: The Ants) is a 1991 science fiction novel by French writer Bernard Werber. It was released in English as Empire of the Ants. The book sold more than two million copies and has been translated into more than 30 languages. [citation needed] A video game adaptation was released in 2001.
"The Empire of the Ants" features a Brazilian captain, Gerilleau, who is ordered to take his gunboat, the Benjamin Constant, to assist the inhabitants of the town of Badama, in the "Upper Amazon", "against a plague of ants". [1] Accompanying him is a Lancashire engineer named Holroyd, from whose point of view the story is (for the most part ...
Empire of the Ants is a 1977 science fiction horror film co-written and directed by Bert I. Gordon. [3] Based very loosely on the 1905 short story " Empire of the Ants " by H. G. Wells , the film involves a group of prospective land buyers led by a land developer, pitted against large mutated ants.
Early Myrmecologists believed that ant culture was utopian and thought by studying them in encased ant farms, they could find solutions to human problems. ... For premium support please call: 800 ...
Werber's books anthropomorphize animals including dolphins, rats and ants. He also uses characters symbolically to reflect "the stage of the evolution of the soul". In addition, he defends the vision of a collectivist global government that acts as the "world police" and that imposes strict birth control .
A record number of U.S. CEOs exited their jobs this year, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which said companies are responding to an uncertain landscape by installing temporary leaders ...
A weekend getaway became a nightmare for one couple when biting ants fell from the ceiling onto them as they slept. ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in ...
The Ants, translated into English as Empire of the Ants). This book sold more than two million copies and has been translated into more than 30 languages. Le Jour Des Fourmis, 1992, ISBN 2-226-06118-5 (lit. The Day of the Ants) La Révolution Des Fourmis, 1996, ISBN 2-226-08636-6 (lit. The Revolution of the Ants)