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Jules Verne E-Book Editions

From: Raymond Macon <maconr~at~speakeasy.net>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 11:01:25 -0600
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

My friends,

 

A good friend has given me Barnes & Noble's e-Reader called the NOOK. I was
absolutely surprised and delighted by this gift. You can only imagine how
eager I am to download the many titles I have wished to own in this new
digital format.

 

I am in the process of selecting certain Jules Verne novels for purchase and
downloading. I want to avoid at all cost the horrible public domain ones as
well as any that abridge or make alterations to names in the original French
text. Would you be so kind as to recommend editions I should own? I am
especially interested in the following titles: Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea; Journey to the Center of the Earth; The Mysterious Island;
From the Earth to the Moon; and Around the Moon.

 

I know that several Forum members have produced their own translations, and
if they want to recommend them I would be happy to obtain them. I wouldn't
mind having several versions of the same title so long as the translations
are first rate. Also, if any of you want to recommend other Verne titles I
will be happy to consider them. This new era of digital technology is both
exciting and somewhat frightening as changes are coming at blinding speed.
The idea of carrying an entire library in a machine that is as slim as a
magazine; has the same size as a medium paperback or softcover book; and
which can fit into a deep coat pocket is simply mind-boggling. I never
thought I would live to see such advances, and I want to take full
advantage. Why, the very fact that I can make this request to so many Verne
scholars, enthusiasts, and fans by means of the Internet and World Wide Web
is nothing short of miraculous!

 

So I ask for your aid and counsel in full confidence that the
recommendations you will give me (as well as others) will be sound ones. I
want to thank all of you in advance, and I look forward to your replies.

 

"Et quacunque viam fortuna dederit, sequamur!"

 

Raymond Macon

 

"Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent,
literature dumb, science crippled, thought and civilization at a
standstill." -Barbara Tuchman

 
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