Survivants, tomes 3-5, by Leo
Second frame from third page of tome 3:
Hakim: Stop, Selkert! Manon doesn't like the spotlight. You'll make her blush.
Selkert: Apologies! But you can be proud of what you have done.
Second frame from third page of tome 4:
Antac: I'll turn around. We need an attack plan!
Second frame from third page of tome 4:
Manon: Hmm, it's like it wanted to warn us about a danger that could come from the sea.
I read the first two volumes in this set of five last year and liked them. The second part of the storuy continues in the same veing - the young folks stranded on a hostile alien planet, with friends (such as the catlike Hollorans Antac and Selkert) and enemies. I felt it petered out a bit in terms of momentum - there's a lot of capturing, getting rescued and running away - and in the end there's a somewhat awkward bridge to the rest of the series, but redeemed by a bittersweet ending, and anyway always gorgeous to look at and as naturalistically realised as a story about life on alien planets can be.
Manon: Twelve beers please.
Waiter: Twelve? There are only seven of you..
Max: Yes, but we want twelve beers all the same.
Djamile: And chips. A mountain of chips.
You can get the French originals here, here and here, and the English translations here, here and here. (Covers below are French, but link to the English.)
Hakim: Stop, Selkert! Manon doesn't like the spotlight. You'll make her blush.
Selkert: Apologies! But you can be proud of what you have done.
Second frame from third page of tome 4:
Antac: I'll turn around. We need an attack plan!
Second frame from third page of tome 4:
Manon: Hmm, it's like it wanted to warn us about a danger that could come from the sea.
I read the first two volumes in this set of five last year and liked them. The second part of the storuy continues in the same veing - the young folks stranded on a hostile alien planet, with friends (such as the catlike Hollorans Antac and Selkert) and enemies. I felt it petered out a bit in terms of momentum - there's a lot of capturing, getting rescued and running away - and in the end there's a somewhat awkward bridge to the rest of the series, but redeemed by a bittersweet ending, and anyway always gorgeous to look at and as naturalistically realised as a story about life on alien planets can be.
Manon: Twelve beers please.
Waiter: Twelve? There are only seven of you..
Max: Yes, but we want twelve beers all the same.
Djamile: And chips. A mountain of chips.
You can get the French originals here, here and here, and the English translations here, here and here. (Covers below are French, but link to the English.)