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Masters of the Sea: The Adventures of Jules Verne's Mathias Sandorf

From: Peter Ikin <pacli22~at~hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:17:23 +1000
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Hello all,

I check Amazon every so often for new Verne works and I came across this one today.

It was released this month published by iUniverse.

Here is the Product Description:

Product Description
  
  Jules Verne, the "Father of Modern Science Fiction," is indeed
immortal and eternally young across three centuries. In Masters of
the Sea: The Adventures of Jules Verne's Mathias Sandorf, we pay
tribute to Verne who inspired pioneers throughout the world for
generations. Here, we take Verne's ultimate prediction of communication
with our friends of the watery deep to its outer limits. In fact,
communication with these friends was heralded throughout the world when
in 2003, America used dolphins to clear mines designed to hamper the
invasion from the port of Unn Qasr in southern Iraq. For the first
 time, a pioneering research Preface underscores why and how Verne
proclaimed Mathias Sandorf his greatest epic science fiction
masterpiece. His dedication of the original work claims "...I tried to
make of Mathias Sandorf my Monte Cristo of extraordinary science
fiction adventures."
    Verne drew his Austrian heroic character,
 Dr. Mathias Sandorf, from the reality of the battleground of Germany's
conquests of Austria and France during the 30-year period prior to World
 War I.
  
  
 
  

      About the Author
  
  George J. Rios, M.P.A., Ph.D. has distinguished himself with nine
Public Service appointments including three White House assignments
spanning five presidential administrations and is a former New York City
 Commissioner. He renders a unique service to science-fiction
aficionados with his scholarly researched and adapted translation of
Jules Verne's preeminent novel.
  
  

I was wondering if anyone had read this translation and had any comments.

Thanks,
Peter.
                                               
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