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Re: Hector Servadac

From: Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd <g.devries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:24:32 +0200
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Yes, the special Waterstone's edition is the only one with the updated
Servadac. Other editions contain only Splinter. But look at the bright
side, Chris: you're a lot cheaper off this way.

Cheers,
Garmt.

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:18:43 +0200, Chris Moser <crmoser~at~shaw.ca> wrote:

> 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 - 09:25:35 IST

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