The Meteor Hunt: The First English Translation of Verne's Original Manuscript (Bison Frontiers of Imagination) - Softcover

Verne, Jules

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803296347 ISBN 13: 9780803296343

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2006

Synopsis

The Meteor Hunt marks the first English translation from Jules Verne’s own text of his delightfully satirical and visionary novel. While other, questionable versions of the novel have appeared—mainly, a significantly altered text by Verne’s son Michel and translations of it—this edition showcases the original work as Verne wrote it.

The Meteor Hunt is the story of a meteor of pure gold careening toward the earth and generating competitive greed among amateur astronomers and chaos among nations obsessed with the trajectory of the great golden object. Set primarily in the United States and offering a humorous critique of the American way of life, The Meteor Hunt is finally given due critical treatment in the translators’ foreword, detailed annotations, and afterword, which clearly establish the historical, political, scientific, and literary context and importance of this long-obscured, genre-blending masterpiece in its true form.

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Review

"Verne the natural storyteller and social critic comes through in this first-ever authentic version of a novel that can be classed as comico-satirical-a genre-bending masterpiece."-Choice "The Meteor Hunt is quite simply a work of the foremost literary importance. In the translation and accompanying commentary you have lucid, expert work by the foremost authorities in the field." -- Brian Taves "The Jules Verne Encyclopedia" "The Meteor Hunt is a charming novel, and the translators have gone to great lengths to keep it authentic and fun. . . . In this winning edition, The Meteor Hunt will surely add to the Verne renaissance currently underway."-Rain Taxi Review of Books ""The Meteor Hunt" is quite simply a work of the foremost literary importance. In the translation and accompanying commentary you have lucid, expert work by the foremost authorities in the field." Brian Taves, coauthor of "The Jules Verne Encyclopedia"--Brian Taves" -Darn good entertainment; excellently annotated, too.---Booklist--Ray Olson-Booklist- (10/01/2006) -The Meteor Hunt is quite simply a work of the foremost literary importance. In the translation and accompanying commentary you have lucid, expert work by the foremost authorities in the field.---Brian Taves, coauthor of The Jules Verne Encyclopedia--Brian Taves -To read Jules Verne is one of the great treats of childhood. To read Jules Verne later in life is to discover a writer just as satisfying but even richer, one who is not only a natural storyteller but also a mythmaker, a social critic and an innovative artist. . . . There's a lot more to Jules Verne than what you find in those old, albeit quite wonderful, Disney movies.---Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World--Michael Dirda -Washington Post Book World - "Darn good entertainment; excellently annotated, too."--Booklist--Ray Olson"Booklist" (10/01/2006) "The Meteor Hunt is quite simply a work of the foremost literary importance. In the translation and accompanying commentary you have lucid, expert work by the foremost authorities in the field."--Brian Taves, coauthor of The Jules Verne Encyclopedia--Brian Taves "To read Jules Verne is one of the great treats of childhood. To read Jules Verne later in life is to discover a writer just as satisfying but even richer, one who is not only a natural storyteller but also a mythmaker, a social critic and an innovative artist. . . . There's a lot more to Jules Verne than what you find in those old, albeit quite wonderful, Disney movies."--Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World--Michael Dirda "Washington Post Book World " Darn good entertainment; excellently annotated, too. Booklist--Ray Olson"Booklist" (10/01/2006)"

About the Author

Jules Verne (1828–1905) was born in the French seaport town of Nantes. He is the author of many classics of science fiction and adventure, including 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, From the Earth to the Moon, and Around the World in Eighty Days.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0803296347
• ISBN 13: 9780803296343
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Walter Frederick Paul, Miller Walter James