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Re: new 20K

From: (wrong string) ík <jan.rychlik~at~seznam.cz>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:38:44 +0200 (CEST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Not just the machine seems alien. I always wonder why Zephyrin Xirdal could be considered by some as "typically Vernian character." I remember that he was able to forget his research and depart for the vacation with friends, a manner wholly uncharacteristic of Verne's scientists.

Sincerely

Jan Rychlik

> ------------ Puvodni zprava ------------
> Od: <spaceart~at~att.net>
> Predmet: Re: new 20K
> Datum: 17.10.2005 15:26:46
> ----------------------------------------
> Aha! I often wondered about that, since it seems so alien to what I would have
> expected from Verne. I'm looking forward even more to seeing the new book.
>
> R
>
> --
> Black Cat Studios
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> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Rick Walter" <rick1walter~at~comcast.net>
> > Ron--
> >
> > As our upcoming edition of THE METEOR HUNT discusses, this "machine" doesn't
> > exist in Jules Verne's original but is entirely a figment of Michel's
> > imagination.
> >
> > All the best,
> > Rick in Albuquerque
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <spaceart~at~att.net>
> > To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:06 AM
> > Subject: Re: new 20K
> >
> >
> > > "Paul"? Whatever was I thinking? I'd obviously been staring into a cathode
> > > ray tube too long this week...
> > >
> > > By the way, "Hunt For the Meteor" has always been one of my secret vices.
> > > Hardly among Verne's best, but for some reason fun and appealing. (Herge
> > > must have thought so, too, since it was obviously the inspiration for his
> > > Tintin book, "The Shooting Star".) The machine used to affect the orbit of
> > > the meteor is a truly SF device---although Verne (or whoever) apparently
> > > ignored the law of action and reaction when describing it operating. Any
> > > force it applied to shifting the meteor would have applied to the machine
> > > as well. I remember thinking while reading the book that probably the only
> > > result of shoving on the meteor hard enough to move it would be the
> > > flattening of the device itself.
> > >
> > > R
> > >
> > > --
> > > Black Cat Studios
> > > http://www.black-cat-studios.com
> > >
> > > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > > From: "Rick Walter" <rick1walter~at~comcast.net>
> > >> Ron--
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for your good wishes, and BTW, I'm "Rick" to friends and
> > >> familiars.
> > >> (You qualify: we've chatted by phone but not in person -- though,
> > >> hopefully,
> > >> you'll update your NAVJS membership and we'll finally be able to meet at
> > >> the
> > >> Conference next Spring).
> > >>
> > >> All the best,
> > >>
> > >> Rick Walter
> > >> in Albuquerque.
> > >
> >
> >
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