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Re: Hector Servadac

From: Chris Moser <crmoser~at~shaw.ca>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:18:43 -0700
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Mon Dieu !! I have just received my copy of Splinter from Amazon - and it
does not contain the updated translation of Sevadac !!. The free version on
the web will have to do for those of us that can't get the Waterstone
edition!!

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 Tue 18 Sep 2007 - 06:21:07 IST

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