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Re:Inspired by Jules Verne

From: Jan Rychlík <jan.rychlik~at~seznam.cz>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:54:18 +0200 (CEST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Dear Garmt,
the last chapter of Evegeni Brandis 1975 Russian biography of Verne (orig. Vperyodsmotryaschyi) lists many scientists - including those you've mentioned - that claimed to be inspired by Verne and he cites stataments of some of them. But whether it is real or apocryphal I can't say. Anyway, here is the list: V. A. Obruchev, Simon Lake, Leboeuf, Georges Claude, Zhukovski, Norbert Casteret, Ivan Yefremov, Nansen, Sven Hedin, Jean Charcot, Richard Byrd, Marconi, Juan de la Sierva, August Picard, Haroun Tazieff, plus Mendeleyev who appreciated Verne and especially his Adventures of Cpt. Hatteras.
Sincerely
Jan

> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd <g.devries~at~phys.uu.nl>
> Předmět: Inspired by Jules Verne
> Datum: 18.4.2007 10:34:36
> ----------------------------------------
> Dear fellow Vernians,
>
> A friend of mine, Anton van der Steen of the Dutch JV Society, sent me the
> following question.
>
> Anton collects stamps related (directly or remotely) to Jules Verne, and
> is now going to expand his collection to persons who have been inspired by
> Jules Verne's books to take up a certain profession or to invent
> something. He cites some examples:
>
> Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard, Hermann Oberth and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
> were inspired by "De la Terre a la Lune".
> "Robur-le-Conquerant" supposedly inspired Igor Sikorsky to build the first
> working helicopter.
> Norbert Casteret took up speleology after reading "Voyage au centre de la
> Terre".
> Alberto Santos Dumont did many experiments with airships, apparently after
> reading "Cinq semaines en ballon" (and all other JV novels, before the age
> of 10).
>
> Anton wondered if there is an overview of people who were inspired in this
> way by Jules Verne's stories. I can't think of any, so I thought I'd
> forward his question to the Forum. It might be instructive to compile such
> a list ourselves.
>
> Of course, it's always tricky to establish whether someone was really
> inspired by JV, or just happened to do something similar to what Verne
> described. One would need to see interviews, citations from books, or
> other hard evidence, and this may not always be easy to find.
>
> Ideas and suggestions are welcome!
>
> Cheers,
> Garmt.
>
>
>
Received on Wed 18 Apr 2007 - 16:54:27 IDT

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