The Quest for Fire
First US edition | |
| Author | J.-H. Rosny |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Guerre du feu |
| Translator | H Talbott |
| Illustrator | J. O. Bercher |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Historical, Prehistoric fiction, Adventure novel, Fantasy |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books (US) |
Publication date | 1911 |
| Publication place | Belgium |
Published in English | 1967 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-14-006434-6 (UK Eng. trans.) & ISBN 0-345-30067-X (US Eng. trans.) |
| OCLC | 10813236 |
The Quest for Fire (French: La Guerre du feu, literally The War of Fire) is a 1911 Belgian fantasy novel by J.-H. Rosny, the pseudonym of two brothers; the author was actually the elder of the two, Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856–1940). It was first published in English in an abridged edition in 1967.