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Re: Voyage Dans La Planète Vénus by Charles Guyon

From: Julia Mastro <jmastro~at~email.unc.edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 12:27:18 -0400
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

This might actually be a good time in my life for doing something like this
translation. Let's talk more - on or off the forum.

Best,
Julia

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 5:42 PM, <Greg.Kinney~at~uchsc.edu> wrote:

> I just impulse purchased this interesting looking French language book
> science fiction book published in 1888. I don't know if any of you would be
> interested in doing a translation but I thought I'd ask!
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> Alternately I suppose I could just submit it to Project Gutenberg and see
> if anyone over there is interested. Thoughts? Does anyone know of a
> translation?
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> Thanks!
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> Voyage Dans La Planète Vénus by Charles Guyon;
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> This precurser of C.S. Lewis' *Perelandra *has apparently never been
> translated into English. The opening setting (Chicago), the hero (an
> American named Madison), and other aspects of the novel (the first hot air
> balloon we encounter is called 'The Franklin') show the overt pro-American
> slant of this charming Jules Verne-like science fiction/fantasy novel.
> Madison and friends travel to Venus thanks to multiple hot-air balloons, but
> Madison is killed fighting to bring freedom to a Venusian tribe.
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Received on Thu 03 Apr 2008 - 19:27:32 IDT

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