tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post2110959304224457675..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: More-Or-Less Random ThoughtsRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-72118943151505735122013-01-26T15:27:57.079-05:002013-01-26T15:27:57.079-05:00Re: J. Verne, I borrowed a copy of 20,000 LUS a co...Re: J. Verne, I borrowed a copy of 20,000 LUS a couple of years ago to reread. It was the Naval Institute Press edition that kept all the biology and marine science intact. <br />Whoa. What a change, and for the better.<br />Hunter<br />AlaskaHunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665859950228150235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-40504730803407459192013-01-21T17:59:36.710-05:002013-01-21T17:59:36.710-05:00Yep, overreaching already... and that was just in ...Yep, overreaching already... and that was just in the first hour...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-51476663514734574112013-01-21T15:47:48.611-05:002013-01-21T15:47:48.611-05:00You guffawed? Because of mirth, or was it the laug...You guffawed? Because of mirth, or was it the laugh-so-you-don't-cry kind?<br /><br />My own self, people would interpret it as incipient hysteria. Bad trouble, soon come.<br /><br />Mike JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-33024366390000177852013-01-21T13:09:33.776-05:002013-01-21T13:09:33.776-05:00Clearing Barrels — Selection & Use of Clearing...<a href="http://clearingbarrels.com/?gclid=CI7mh92F-rQCFQLZQgod6Q4AJQ" rel="nofollow">Clearing Barrels — Selection & Use of Clearing Barrels</a>Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-52498579959851592722013-01-21T10:45:20.823-05:002013-01-21T10:45:20.823-05:00"I'm familiar with the literature about P... "I'm familiar with the literature about Presidential overreach in second terms..." <br /><br />How long ya think before he starts using the Royal We?rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-65153568764909220772013-01-21T10:36:04.316-05:002013-01-21T10:36:04.316-05:00I doubt if any publishers would be interested in c...I doubt if any publishers would be interested in commissioning new translations of public domain works, but IMO it sure looks like a workable Kickstarter project.Old Grouchhttp://oldgrouch.mee.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-67397300550793765942013-01-21T10:01:35.801-05:002013-01-21T10:01:35.801-05:00"Jules Verne -- didja know it's darned ha..."Jules Verne -- didja know it's darned hard to find a non-mangled English translation of most of his work?"<br /><br />When I was a kid, I read the then-standard English translation of <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</i>. There were many bits that didn't make sense, but I glossed over them like most kids would. Years later when I was in college, I found a book called <i>The Annotated 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</i>. It went through the standard translation, compared it to a straight translation of the original French, and ripped it to shreds. Showed how Verne was a much better writer -- smarter, clearer, more tech-savvy, and MUCH earthier -- than the Victorians made him look. Reading an accurate translation of <i>20,000 Leagues</i> is like reading it for the first time -- the changes are that extensive.wolfwalkernoreply@blogger.com