Géométrie dans l'Impossible [The Impossible Geometry] (1953), La Géométrie dans la Terreur [The Terror Geometry] (1958), Contes Glacés [Icy Tales] (1974) and Contes Griffus [Clawed Tales] (1993), to name but a few, successfully mix several diverse elements: a very dark sense of Surreal humor, a kafkaesque notion of the absurd, a taste for the macabre, and finally, a somber, pessimistic vision of the world and the future. In Sternberg's fiction, love is never a source of redemption, but something impossible, almost alien, as in Sophie, la Mer, la Nuit [Sophie, The Sea, The Night] (1976) and Le Navigateur [The Navigator] (1977). Sternberg's science fiction stories followed the same absurdist tradition and were gathered in various collections such as Entre Deux Mondes Incertains [Between Two Uncertain Worlds] (1957), Univers Zéro [Universe Zero] (1970) and Futurs sans Avenir [Future Without Future] (1971). Themes included aliens misguidedly posing as African-Americans to invade America, the 533rd crucifixion of Jesus, the casual destruction of Earth by aliens who cannot understand humanity, etc. Sternberg's stories anticipate the experimental texts of the New Wave and the humor of Douglas Adams. Sternberg's novels exhibit the same dark, misanthropic characteristics: La Sortie est au Fond de l'Espace [The Exit Lies at the End of Space] (1956) (with a touch of humor) or Attention, Planète Habitée [Beware, Inhabited Planet] (1969) (minus the humor) follows the same, merciless logic. Sternberg also wrote for film director Alain Resnais, penning the script of his 1968 surreal time travel feature, Je t'aime, Je t'aime. Selected bibliography La Géométrie dans l'Impossible [The Impossible Geometry] (1953) Le Délit [The Infraction] (1954) La Sortie est au Fond de l'Espace [The Exit Lies at the End of Space] (1956) Entre Deux Mondes Incertains [Between Two Uncertain Worlds] (1957) La Géométrie dans la Terreur [The Terror Geometry] (1958) L'Employé [The Employee] (1958) L'Architecte [The Architect] (1960) Manuel du Parfait Secrétaire Commercial [Handbook of the Perfect Commercial Secretary] (1960) La Banlieue [The Suburbs] (1961) Un Jour Ouvrable [A Working Day] (1961) Toi, Ma Nuit [You, My Night] (1965; transl. as Sexualis '95, 1967) C'est la Guerre, Mr. Gruber [It's War, Mr. Gruber] (1968) Attention, Planète Habitée [Beware, Inhabited Planet] (1969) Je t'aime, Je t'aime [I Love You, I Love You] (1969) Univers Zéro [Universe Zero] (1970) Le Coeur Froid [The Cold Heart] (1971) Dictionnaire du Diable The Devil's Dictionary (1973) Futurs sans Avenir (1971; transl. as Future Without Future, 1974)