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From: Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:26:24 -0400 (EDT)
To: jvforum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

A few days ago, in a local Barnes & Noble, I noticed a new JV on their
shelf in their own modestly priced softcover B&N Classics series. This
was Journey to the Center of the Earth, from the Malleson translation
(recommended by Evans), revised and with intro and notes by Ursula Heise
of Stanford U. I came across a similar volume a few months back for 20K,
using Mercier, and with intro and notes by Victoria Blake, credited as a
freelance writer. I wonder if any if our translators on the forum are
familiar with these volumes, and the degree to which they are indebted to
previous annotated editions and their critical apparatus. Only 20K
credits two of its predecessors, the Mickel and Miller/Walter versions,
while JCE mentions none of the previous critical editions. Perhaps
imitation, here, is the sincerest form of flattery--tho the quality of
that flattery I leave to the judgement of others. JCE does have some
rather arresting illustrations by Rachel Perkins, but I was amused at the
appendix in the paragraphs on film versions such howlers as crediting Juan
Piquer Simon's 1977 VIAJE AL CENTRO DE LA TIERRA to Georges Melies!


Brian Taves
Motion Picture/Broadcasting/Recorded Sound Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20540-4692
Telephone: 202-707-9930; 202-707-2371 (fax)
Email: btav~at~loc.gov


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