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Re: Ian´s Jules Verne and Scotland

From: Volker Dehs <volker.dehs~at~web.de>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:30:16 +0200 (CEST)
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Thank you, Per Johan, fort this nice account, and all my congratulations to Ian! I've already ordered my copy and am waiting impatiently...

As visitors of this forum know Ian's qualities as a scholar and a writer, we can look forward to an exciting reading, I guess.

After Philippe Valetoux's synthetizising book on Verne's travels, time has come to procede by examinating the different regions Verne visited. I hope that you, too, will publish some day, a book on Verne and Norway!

Best, Volker

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Von: "Per Johan Moe" <Per.J.Moe~at~hive.no>
Gesendet: 18.08.2011 11:34:08
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Betreff: Ian´s Jules Verne and Scotland

Congratulations to Ian !
.
His new book Jules Verne´s  Scotland, in Fact and Fiction
- was launched and presented yesterday, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
I had the pleasure of being present when Ian held his presentation and was interviewed on stage, at a theatre in beautiful Charlotte Square gardens.

This event was chaired by Nat Edwards, director of the Robert Burns Museum, who gave Ian Thompson an insightful introduction and a very good review of the new book on Jules Verne and Scotland.
The one hour event, which was attended by quite a crowd, was followed up by many questions from interested book readers. Afterwards they lined up in the nearby book tent to get their copy signed. 
.
I can recommend my fellow Vernians to take a trip to Edinburgh, which has several Verne -links. Ian very kindly toured me around most of them after the book event. So, among other sites, now I know where M.Antifer met Tyrcomel (!).
(Very early the same morning, I had my morning coffe rereading some pages of Backwards to Britain (that I had brought along), and at the same time be able to see out of the window, what Verne described  - amazing).
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Thank you very much Ian, for writing this highly interesting book - which I already have dived into. It is fascinating and well written. - looking forward to reading it in regular pace.
.
All the best from Per Johan
- from across the NorthSea
.
PS
pictures from the Ed. BookFest will appear on:
www.julesverne.no/english

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