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About old French science fiction, let's not forget Jules Verne.
by nicolaslem 3y ago
About old French science fiction, let's not forget Jules Verne.
- BiteCode_dev 3y agoI thought about it, but it's not that entertaining nowadays. We have been spoiled by decades of mind blowing SF. We know all the twists, all the tropes. And the style hasn't aged well. Foundational stuff deserve respect because we built on them, but sometimes you can feel the age.
- ben_w 3y agoI’ve listened to From the Earth to the Moon and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, and between the lists of things that mean nothing to me[0] and the humans being unrealistic[1], I have to assume something was lost in the translation, because they… are just not any good. [0] 10 kinds of seaweed? I think? [1] I spent my life betting against you and losing! / I challenge you to a duel! — followed by both parties getting distracted before the duel and be found chasing butterflies. Was this a secret code for them pretending to hate each other so they could have a gay affair back when such things were forbidden? Because that would make a lot more sense than the actual words in the audiobook.
- BiteCode_dev 3y agoIndeed. Even as a Frenchman a lot of it doesn't click for me.
- creer 3y agoBoth the language and the day-to-day life has aged and not in a good way. (Shockingly, The Three Musketeers' language and concerns hasn't! It's still great fun. But not scifi.)
- ben_w 3y agoI agree. For me, the biggest surprise in The Three Musketeers is how few muskets are involved, but the story itself is excellent.