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

From: wbutcher <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:30:07 +0800
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Good morning,

 

If we are to believe the blurb, Verne coined the term "science fiction":
quite an achievement!

 

Bill

http://www.ibiblio.org/julesverne/

1A, Kai Kuk Shue Ha, Luk Keng, North District, NT, HONG KONG

 

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From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of
Peter Ikin
Sent: 27 June 2010 09:17
To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il
Subject: Masters of the Sea: The Adventures of Jules Verne's Mathias Sandorf

 

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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