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Re: new 20K

From: Walter J Miller <wjm2~at~nyu.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:58:55 -0400
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Welcome aboard, midshipman Merchant!  You might also like to know that U of Nebraska Press will soon release the first English edition of Verne's own original The Meteor Hunt with critical commentaries by Frederick Paul Walter and Walter James Miller.  Cheers!  WJM----- Original Message -----

From: David Merchant <merchant~at~latech.edu>

Date: Friday, October 14, 2005 10:19 am

Subject: Re: new 20K

> I just want to say that
>
> 1) I've very much enjoyed the debate and discussions about the
> various
> versions and various opinions, it was a great learning experience
> for me
> which made me realize how much I have missed -- as I have only
> read (and
> re-read many times) the old translations of Verne. Before joining
> this
> list, I did not realize the depth of my ignorance concerning the
> texts.
> 2) And so I am very eager to not only get Ron's version but the
> more recent
> annotated versions as well. For example, I have enjoyed immensely
> Bill's
> translation and wonderfully referenced version of Hatteras. I
> enjoy these
> critical versions, but there are times I just want to read the
> story
> without the "distractions" (I'm a compulsive reader, if there are
> annotations, scholarly notes and references I ! can not help myself
> from
> reading them). I guess I'm "polygamous" when it comes to my
> favorite
> stories, I love to read them just for the entertainment and I also
> love to
> read annotated/critical versions to delve deeper into the works.
>
> I've purchased Ron's Journey and will soon be ordering 20K, as
> well as
> purchasing the annotated versions of both to my library as well --
> Journey
> and 20K are my two most favorite stories from Verne and I am more
> than
> pleased to have more than one way to enjoy each of them.
>
> TTFN,
> David
>
> Director of Integrated Technology
> CATALyST
> Louisiana Tech University
> catalyst.latech.edu
>
> Received on Fri 14 Oct 2005 - 19:59:49 IST

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