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Re: Hector Servadac

From: Dennis Kytasaari <djk~at~epguides.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:49:00 -0500
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

The publisher of "Splinter" Solaris Books actually offers a free PDF
download (1.76 MB) of Adam Robert's version of "Off On a Comet", you'll find
it here...

http://www.solarisbooks.com/downloads.asp

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of
Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:06 AM
To: Jules Verne Forum
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-an
d-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 - 04:48:51 IDT

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