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Re: Hector Servadac

From: Chris Moser <crmoser~at~shaw.ca>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:54:58 -0700
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This is one of the aspects I enjoy about the forum - I would not have known
about this book otherwise !! I have ordered a copy and look forward to
comparing the text to the Sampson Low version or maybe the Rothe version ??

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd" <g.devries~at~phys.uu.nl>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: Hector Servadac


> Adam Roberts, the guy who wrote a short spin-off of Hector Servadac for
> the Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Stories, has now written a complete
> novel based on the same concept: Splinter. The exclusive Waterstone
> edition also contains an updated translation of Servadac, done by Roberts
> himself, who was not satisfied with the existing translation from the
> 1870s.
>
> The cover of "Splinter" is a treat in itself, BTW. See
> http://www.uksfbooknews.net/2007/08/23/adam-roberts-on-new-novel-splinter-and-re-translating-jules-verne/
> for an interview with Roberts.
>
> Cheers,
> Garmt.
>
> On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:57:37 +0200, Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov> wrote:
>
>> Dear Jan, I agree with you "that the novel is too good to be put aside."
>> Yet, generally speaking, university presses are most apt to be concerned
>> over issues of stereotypes and the charge of perpetuating them. A small
>> sf classic press, such as Wildside, could care less about translations or
>> accuracy thereof, or updated-annotated editions, and political
>> correctness. Which sadly leaves Servadac rather stranded again. I only
>> hope someone will have the gravitas to spin a new orbit for the novel!
>> As one of Verne's most undated "sf" stories, it has potential to intrigue
>> a wider range of genre readers than all but his best-known works. Brian
Received on Thu 13 Sep 2007 - 03:58:39 IDT

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