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Re: Sequels to JV (Was: Nautilus: A new novel by Cornish author Craig Weatherhill)

From: <rfbagby~at~aol.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:36:58 -0400
To: jvf~at~gilead.org.il

The satiric pastiche novel SATURNIN FARANDOLA contained appearances by
several Verne characters such as Nemo and Fogg. (Its fairly short
silent film adaptation only has Fogg, as a "famous explorer" who
recruits the title character to become involved in a Latin American
war.)

The current discussion about BOMBARNAC raises the issue what is and
isn't a sequel -- many argue that is sort of one to 80 DAYS given the
satiric character who is attempting a circumnavigation in 40 days, and
the discussion he prompts about the real life "Phileades" Nelly Bly,
Elizabeth Bisland, and George Train. (Verne also of course lampoons the
popularity of the stage STROGOFF in that work with the acting couple
who pronounce real Central Asia inferior to their experience of the
theatrical version!)
Ross Bagby

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Kytasaari <djk~at~epguides.com>
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>; Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd
<garmtdevries~at~gmail.com>
Cc: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Tue, Mar 30, 2010 11:31 am
Subject: Re: Sequels to JV (Was: Nautilus: A new novel by Cornish
author Craig Weatherhill)


The Nautilus appears in the Dirk Pitt adventure "Valhalla Rising" by
Clive
Cussler.


Quoting Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd <garmtdevries~at~gmail.com>:

> I ordered the book and am eager to start reading!
>
> I was wondering: has anyone ever compiled a list of sequels to JV
> novels? Not counting films or video games, nor works with only
> throwaway references to Verne, but only novels and short stories where
> the main plot is a sequel to one of Verne's works. Off the top of my
> head, I can think of:
>
> Thomas F Monteleone: The Secret Sea (Nemo travelling through parallel
> worlds)
> Philip José Farmer: The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Fogg is really an
> alien on a diplomatic mission)
> Jean Jules-Verne: Le triomphe de Michel Strogoff (Further adventures
> of the Czar's courrier, a novelisation of the sequel to the film
> version of JV's novel)
> Jan Feith: De reis om de wereld in 40 dagen (Phileas' son James makes
> the trip in 40 days)
> Adam Roberts: Splinter (Hector Servadac's adventure was a
> dream/vision, a warning of events that finally take place in this
> novel)
> Mike Ashley and Eric Brown (Eds.): The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne
> Adventures (which contains several stories that are sequels to JV's
> work)
>
> Some googling revealed two titles I had never heard of:
>
> Enrique de Benito: El hijo del Captain Nemo (sequel to 20.000 lieues)
> Molly Brown: The Selene Gardening Society (sequel to the lunar novels)
>
> I'm not sure whether League of Extraordinary Gentlemen should be
> counted as a sequel to 20K, only because it features Nemo and the
> Nautilus...
>
> And of course Verne himself wrote a couple of sequels to his own
novels.
>
> I'm sure there are many more!
>
> Cheers,
> Garmt.
>
> On 30 March 2010 09:16, Craig Weatherhill <craig~at~agantavas.org> wrote:
> > Many thanks for the review, Ray - although this tussle-haired sea
dog is
> > more at home on the back of a horse these days.  I still have big
> > connections with the sea - where I live on the Land's End peninsula
of
> > Cornwall, with sea on three and a half sides, it's impossible not
to.
>  The
> > scene at Botallack Mine will be accurately described - the location
is
> just
> > ten minutes drive away for me.
> >
> > When writing and researching the book, I was determined that the
Nautilus
> of
> > the story MUST be Verne's down to the last rivet - no spears,
fish-tails
> or
> > serrated edges - I decided that the bow of Jean Gagneaux's model,
just
> > tapering to a sharp point, was perfect.  Sorry about the 007 style
> > one-liner: "Do mind the stairs" - I simply couldn't resist it!
> >
> > Thanks again, Ray
> > Craig
> >
> > ha Pask Lowen dhis ynwedh (Happy Easter to you, too.  In Cornish)
> >
> >
> >
> > On 30 Mer 2010, at 02:19, Ray Mudway wrote:
> >
> >> Hi gents,
> >>          purchased this book a few weeks ago & read it over 2
days.
> Quite
> >> interesting, one engraving of Nautilus & one photo of the author
-- a
> >> suitably tussle-haired, Sea-dog type -- after the contents & a
list of
> >> characters, there's 342 full pages of actual story.
> >>
> >> This sequel's basic plot is as expected -- couldn't be anything
else
> >> really, given its true-to-type following of JV's / Nemo's story &
the
> >> setting in the current early 21st Century.  Despite that
restriction,
> the
> >> characters are well written & believable.  The story starts with
a re-cap
> of
> >> the final events on Mysterious Island as per JV's book & then
moves to
> >> events in today's world & the re-appearance of Nautilus.  The
unusual
> >> circumstances of Nautilus's re-discovery comes later.  How these
> >> circumstances came about is explained in a very clever & lucid way
and,
> >> while I haven't checked the charts & currents myself, is quite
> believable.
> >>
> >> To me the story doesn't have any really surprising twists but does
have
> >> suspense & excitement.  It works well & flows nicely, though just
a
> touch
> >> "James Bond" in one or two places and with one obligatory? sex
scene --
> >>  probably written deliberately for a possible 007 movie which
would make
> a
> >> neat linking of the two genres, increasing its box-office
audience.  Raw
> >> luck as well as nerve helps the new Nautilus crew win through on
occasion
> >> and Captain Nemo's original good design & workmanship doesn't let
them
> down
> >> despite some unusual & difficult tight spots.
> >>
> >> Technical details are accurate -- depth of seabed & Deeps, modern
sub
> >> speeds etc.  The Nautilus seems to be the classic JV beast in
every way,
> is
> >> very believable & works well in the story -- some items are well
> described,
> >> make boating sense & actually work much better than the "Disney"
design
> does
> >> (never understood that Archimedean screw underneath !!).
> >>
> >> One intriguing facet of this book is how the deaths of the Prince's
> >> family, Nautilus's construction & operational history and date
anomalies
> of
> >> JV's stories are also very well described & all is linked together
with a
> >> rational theory that makes sense.
> >>
> >> Two thumbs up,
> >> Happy Easter, Ray
> >>  (\_/)
> >> (O.o)
> >> O(>o)> o o o o o o o  Bunny throwing Easter eggs
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Everson"
> >> <everson~at~evertype.com>
> >> To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
> >> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 8:14 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Nautilus: A new novel by Cornish author Craig
Weatherhill
> >>
> >>> Craig and I were wondering -- have any of you read the sequel?
> >>> Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Craig Weatherhill
> >
> >
>
>
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