to the Moon
around the world
under the sea
off on a comet
in a balloon
in Robur's vehicles
to the centre of the Earth
etc
HG Wells has:
in the Moon
through time
to the bottom of the sea
Poul Anderson follows them with:
a relativistic interstellar ramjet in Tau Zero
the quantum hyperdrive in the Technic History
other kinds of hyperdrive in other works
time travellers in STL spaceships in There Will Be Time (an ingenious idea even though I say it who did think of it before reading it)
other kinds of time travel which we listed here
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
And I esp. appreciated Verne's FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON. One problem with his stories being how badly many of them were "translated" from French into English by incompetent hacks.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
I think I'll reread CENTRE OF THE EARTH. It's so long since I read it. It's disappointing that they do not reach the Centre but I would like to reread what they did do.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I've read that one as well, and 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. And ERB's two THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT books also comes to mind.
Ad asrtra! Sean
Translating a book is, in a sense, re-writing it. It requires talent.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
And not all translators do a good job--which is partly why I've read three different translations of Dante's DIVINE COMEDY. I've also read Jules Verne's books were often badly translated into English.
Ad astra! Sean
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