Babylon Babies
Encyclopedia
Babylon Babies is the third novel by French-born naturalized Canadian writer Maurice G. Dantec, published in 1999. It follows Sirène Rouge (1993) and Roots of Evil (1995).
whose mission is to escort a young woman with schizophrenia
, Marie Zorn, from Siberia
to Quebec
on behalf of a sect
. It appears that the young woman is the surrogate mother of twins
, representing the next stage of human evolution
.
and Éric Besnard developed an English-language adaptation of Dantec's novel with financing from StudioCanal
and Twentieth Century Fox. Vin Diesel
was cast to play the lead.
Edition
The novel was published by Gallimard on 12 March 1999 in the collection La Noire. A paperback edition was then published on 4 April 2001 in the collection Folio SF.Plot
Set in 2013, the main character, Hugo Cornelius Toorop (hero of The Red Siren), is a mercenaryMercenary
A mercenary, is a person who takes part in an armed conflict based on the promise of material compensation rather than having a direct interest in, or a legal obligation to, the conflict itself. A non-conscript professional member of a regular army is not considered to be a mercenary although he...
whose mission is to escort a young woman with schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...
, Marie Zorn, from Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
to Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
on behalf of a sect
Sect
A sect is a group with distinctive religious, political or philosophical beliefs. Although in past it was mostly used to refer to religious groups, it has since expanded and in modern culture can refer to any organization that breaks away from a larger one to follow a different set of rules and...
. It appears that the young woman is the surrogate mother of twins
TWINS
Two Wide-Angle Imaging Neutral-Atom Spectrometers are a pair of NASA instruments aboard two United States National Reconnaissance Office satellites in Molniya orbits. TWINS was designed to provide stereo images of the Earth's ring current. The first instrument, TWINS-1, was launched aboard USA-184...
, representing the next stage of human evolution
Human evolution
Human evolution refers to the evolutionary history of the genus Homo, including the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species and as a unique category of hominids and mammals...
.
Film adaptation
Mathieu KassovitzMathieu Kassovitz
Mathieu Kassovitz is a French director, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for his Cannes-winning drama La Haine. Kassovitz is also the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company....
and Éric Besnard developed an English-language adaptation of Dantec's novel with financing from StudioCanal
StudioCanal
StudioCanal is a French-based production and distribution company that owns the third-largest film library in the world...
and Twentieth Century Fox. Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel is an American actor, writer, director and producer. He became known in the early 2000s, appearing in several successful Hollywood films, including The Fast and the Furious and xXx...
was cast to play the lead.