A compendium of information on French language films, television shows, radio works, animation, comic books, and graphic novels that are included in the realm of le fantastique (defined by author Pierre Gripari as "everything that is not rational"). Historical overviews, lists, descriptions, and summaries are provided for all the media excepting books; the major authors and literary trends from the middle ages to the present are discussed; and a biographical dictionary for some 3000 authors is presented. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR