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Re: Worlds Apart by John J. Miller 7/5/05-8P

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 07:42:33 +0200 (CEST)
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 mystery1881~at~verizon.net wrote:

> I wrote a letter in response which was actually published in the same
> section in this week's edition, July 10, 2005, correcting the popular
> error that Tampa Town is "close to" Cape Canaveral (150 miles is close?
> -maybe by Texas standards)and trying to lay some of the blame for
> Verne's lack of fame in English-readers as a social theorist on poor
> translations, etc., and mentioning the Centennial and the NAJVS's Tampa
> convention. Hey, any ! publicity is good publicity, eh?

Certainly. Well done, David.

Garmt.
Received on Tue 12 Jul 2005 - 08:42:45 IDT

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