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Originally Posted by Catlady
What about the nominating thread? Shouldn't issues be raised there during the nominating process? I would certainly want to know the concerns others might have about a book I nominate, if they have read it or know something problematic about the author. Especially if I'm nominating a book based on a blurb and reviews, and not because I've already read it myself.
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I didn't know about Verne until after the nominating. I read about it in the introduction in the Penguin Classic published version.
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Hector Servadac is a poor and highly unlikely story. I read it in an abridged version, published by Ace Books in New York under the title Off on a Comet. (Perhaps it was abridged because of its anti-Semitism.) This is a good example of how many of Verne’s novels have been chopped about and mistranslated; sometimes the ‘scientific’ passages have been removed for a juvenile audience. It is true to say that some at least of Verne’s longevity as a writer is owed to mistreatment!
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If a winning book or author is found to be offensive after the vote, does the rule of having to read the winning book if you vote still apply?