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9780803246775

The Meteor Hunt, La Chasse Au Meteore: The First English Translation of Verne's Original Manuscript

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  • ISBN13:

    9780803246775

  • ISBN10:

    0803246773

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-10-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Summary

The Meteor Huntmarks 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 Huntis 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 Huntis 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.

Author Biography

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. Frederick Paul Walter is an adult services librarian in Albuquerque and vice president of the North American Jules Verne Society. He cotranslated and coedited (with Walter James Miller) Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues under the Sea”: The Completely Restored and Annotated Edition. Walter James Miller is an emeritus professor of English in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at New York University. He translated and edited The Annotated Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
1. In which justice of the peace John Proth performs one of his most pleasant professional duties before going back to his gardening
1(11)
2. Which welcomes the reader into the home of Mr. Dean Forsyth, whose household includes his nephew Francis Gordon and his housekeeper Mrs. Mitz
12(10)
3. Whose subject is Dr. Stanley Hudelson, his wife Mrs. Flora Hudelson, and his two daughters Miss Jenny and Miss Loo
22(11)
4. How two letters, one sent to the Pittsburgh Observatory, the other to the Cincinnati Observatory, were filed in the folder on shooting stars
33(2)
5. Three weeks of impatience during which Dean Forsyth and Omicron on the one hand, and Dr. Hudelson on the other, don't find their shooting star again despite the most relentless skywatching
35(11)
6. Which contains a variety of colorful tidbits on meteors in general and on the particular shooting star whose discovery was a bone of contention between Messrs. Forsyth and Hudelson
46(11)
7. In which we see Mrs. Hudelson get annoyed with the doctor's attitude, while at Dean Forsyth's we hear old Mrs. Mitz give her boss a royal scolding
57(10)
8. In which the situation gets worse and worse as Whaston's newspapers start to take sides, some with Forsyth, some with Dr. Hudelson
67(11)
9. In which a few days go by before the wedding, and a fact is revealed that's both undisputed and unexpected
78(6)
10. Wherein it's Arcadia Walker's turn to wait impatiently for Seth Stanfort, and what happens next 84(13)
11. In which the number crunchers have a field day arriving at dollar amounts with great appeal to human greed 97(12)
12. In which we'll see Judge Proth try to reconcile two members of his jurisdiction, fail, and go back to his garden as usual 109(10)
13. In which we see a third claimant emerge and assert rights of ownership, just as Judge Proth predicted 119(13)
14. In which we see droves of curiosity seekers grab at the chance to visit Greenland and watch the amazing meteor fall out of the sky 132(12)
15. In which we'll see a passenger on the Mozik meet up with a passenger on the Oregon while waiting for the marvelous meteor to meet up with the planet earth 144(13)
16. Which, though the purchaser may read it and weep, the author needs to write for the sake of historical accuracy and proper recording in the annals of astronomy 157(12)
17. The final chapter, which records the latest developments in this totally fictitious narrative, after which Mr. John Proth, Whaston's justice of the peace, gets the last word 169(6)
Notes on the Text 175(28)
Afterword 203(10)
Appendix: Michel Verne as Editor and Rewriter 213(4)
Annotated Bibliography 217

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