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Re: Update: JV Encyclopedia update?

From: Norm Wolcott <nwolcott2~at~kreative.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:15:05 -0400
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Welel, I wasn't considering a new edition, which would be fine after a
while, but more a hand-out or update particularly of the new translations
etc which have come along since. Particularly those not the chestnuts we all
love to hate.
nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu Friar Wolcott, Gutenberg Abbey, Sherwood Forrest
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Taves" <btav~at~loc.gov>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Cc: <merchant~at~latech.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Update: JV Encyclopedia update?


> Considering all rights to the book are owned by the authors, the question
> of when and if there is to be a second edition is not Scarecrow's decision
> to make. In fact the authors plan such a second edition in the future,
> but are presently too involved with other books and projects to permit the
> time such a task would involve.
>
> It does seem a bit odd that Norm and David did not bother to address their
> question to the author and copyright holders of the JV Ency., who are
> long-time members of the forum.
>
> And in answer to question, Norm, everything has *not* been translated, by
> a long shot.
>
> Brian Taves
> 110 D Street, S.E. #515
> Washington, D.C. 20003-1815
> email: <btav~at~loc.gov>
>
>
> Disclaimer--All opinions expressed are my own.
>
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, David Merchant wrote:
>
> > My editor at Scarecrow Press/Rowman & Littlefield said that their
> > literature editor, Stephen Ryan, is looking into the question of whether
> > there will be an update to The Jules Verne Encyclopedia. I'll let you
know
> > what he says.
> >
> > TTFN,
> > David
> >
> > Director of Integrated Technology
> > CATALyST
> > Louisiana Tech University
> > Carson Taylor Hall, Rm. 130
> > Adams Street (PO Box 3179)
> > Ruston, LA 71272
> > Tel: (318) 257-4772
> > Fax: (318) 257-3852
> > catalyst.latech.edu
>
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, David Merchant wrote:
>
> > In the Scarecrow Press (bought out by Rowman & Littlefield) 2001 - 2002
> > catalog, page 116 is a listing for The Jules Verne Encyclopedia. This
> > is Taves' and Michaluk's Encyclopedia. Don't know if this is the one
> you
> > speak of. 296 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 11.50 x 9.00
> > Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield; (April 9, 1996) ISBN: 0810829614
> >
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0810829614/qid=1081827934/sr=8
-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-6990367-5749506?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
> >
> > Unfortunately, out of stock. While not 10 yrs+, it is 8 years old. I
> don't
> > know of any update to it.
> >
> > TTFN,
> > David
> >
> > At 11:58 AM 4/12/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Has anyone attempted an update, 10 yrs +?
> > >What are the new translations?
> > >Rotterdam to Copenhagen?
> > >Drama in Livonia
> > >Wreck of the Cynthia
> > >Survivors of the Jonathan
> > >Has everything else been translated now (not counting IO Evans)?
> > >
> > ><mailto:nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu>nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu Friar
> > >Wolcott, Gutenberg Abbey, Sherwood Forrest
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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