tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post1849156477952818031..comments2024-03-26T23:45:35.573-04:00Comments on Typings: Jules Verne's 20000 Leagues Under The Seareesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-35440031417374095692020-09-25T12:42:58.745-04:002020-09-25T12:42:58.745-04:00This one had some illustrations from the period as...This one had some illustrations from the period as well as an afterword on its history with lots of photos so that was fun.<br /><br />Verne has such a visual history associated with him at this point--they're fun to see.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-80390012580305677142020-09-25T10:40:55.725-04:002020-09-25T10:40:55.725-04:00Congrats on finishing your summer reading plans, t...Congrats on finishing your summer reading plans, that's a nice feeling! As for Verne, I think there is a nice illustrated version (like the DK books for kids) of his 80 Days, which I really enjoyed (the illustrations like marginalia, dispersed very generously, throughout the text). That would have been fun for this story too. Buried In Printhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808249065026802365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-83711116341955147822020-09-15T22:12:58.711-04:002020-09-15T22:12:58.711-04:00Thanks! I'm going to have to check out The Mys...Thanks! I'm going to have to check out The Mysterious Island.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-12905009031956687962020-09-15T20:20:34.621-04:002020-09-15T20:20:34.621-04:00Great review! I'm pretty sure this book has p...Great review! I'm pretty sure this book has put me to sleep, but I love it just the same. :) The Mysterious Island is also very good (Jordan Stump translation), though pretty different as well. Marian Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115916138435761469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-168152220881631912020-09-15T18:56:10.016-04:002020-09-15T18:56:10.016-04:00Poe's clearly floating around behind this one,...Poe's clearly floating around behind this one, too. There's a maelstrom, which probably comes from Poe. Pym, as well, feels like it's there.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-9773014671357038202020-09-15T17:12:19.528-04:002020-09-15T17:12:19.528-04:00For example, From the Earth to the Moon, full of j...For example, <i>From the Earth to the Moon</i>, <a href="https://wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com/2018/08/from-earth-to-moon-with-sandwiches.html" rel="nofollow">full of jokes</a>. Possibly mostly jokes. One dang odd book.<br /><br />Both Verne novels I have read also have major features stolen directly from Poe.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-86262411900197926772020-09-15T16:52:14.086-04:002020-09-15T16:52:14.086-04:00And now I need to read others--up til now all I...And now I need to read others--up til now all I've known about Verne is movie and cartoon versions.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-47983141267725857832020-09-15T16:04:10.627-04:002020-09-15T16:04:10.627-04:00I've read several of Verne's books, but I ...I've read several of Verne's books, but I haven't read this one yet. It's been on my TBR list for years. I really need to buckle down and get it read. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-59694434884895457872020-09-15T13:50:51.671-04:002020-09-15T13:50:51.671-04:00I wouldn't say it was full of jokes. Not humor...I wouldn't say it was full of jokes. Not humorless, but after a bit of absurdity at the beginning--is it a bird, a plane, a frog?--it settles into pretty straightforward adventure.<br /><br />It's the only Verne I've read so I don't have any context--other than the context we all have for Verne.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-66887085769278531112020-09-15T13:20:09.913-04:002020-09-15T13:20:09.913-04:00I must read this, but in French. It is so famous ...I must read this, but in French. It is so famous in France, and the imagery from it is common, especially, delightfully, on carousels.<br /><br />Is it full of jokes? I was surprised that the two Verne novels I have read were so full of satire and jokes.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-32720194411863704012020-09-15T11:41:36.392-04:002020-09-15T11:41:36.392-04:00I missed Verne when I was kid, though of course, w...I missed Verne when I was kid, though of course, who knows where, you get a sense of Captain Nemo--movies, cartoons, something. <br /><br />It does bring that sense of childhood adventure, though. Lovely comment. Thanks to you!reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-4790208320711118012020-09-14T23:25:17.429-04:002020-09-14T23:25:17.429-04:00reading, i'm cast back into the rainbow colore...reading, i'm cast back into the rainbow colored realities of my youth: unknown and unknowable worlds of imagination that might well be the best part of being alive... great post and i must get a copy and read this; many tx...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.com