Sujet : Re: (Tears) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
De : psperson (at) *nospam* old.netcom.invalid (Paul S Person)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 14. Oct 2024, 16:52:33
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On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 13:55:44 -0400, Ahasuerus <
ahasuerus@email.com>
wrote:
On 10/13/2024 1:37 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
[snip-snip]
There was some news item of 10 years or so ago to the effect that Leagues
had never received a decent translation (not just 'it reads like it was
translated!', but dropping characers & plot points -- that kind of thing),
and that someone connected with the Navy had now done one,
and it was much improved:
[snip-snip]
>
For values of "10 or so" that include "31" --
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2495619
This is because "10 years or so" is often a synonym for "a long time
ago".
-- "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,Who evil spoke of everyone but God,Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
(Tears) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Re: (Tears) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne