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Originally Posted by db105
From the Earth to the Moon --> I'm about to start Chapter XVIII, called "The Passenger of the Atlanta" in the Project Gutenberg version. I can wait to give you some time to catch up, if you want. (I have a P. G. Wodehouse book I have started, so I can read that for a bit).
I'm not sure what the best way to read along would be, though. Maybe start a thread in one of the forums (would the "Book Clubs" forum be appropriate for that?). Since you are the one reading the first chapters, maybe, as you read, whenever you want to make a comment or cite a passage you can post to that thread, and I'll answer, and then when you catch up we can continue till the end.
Yes, the names were changed in that translation, but the names are just an anecdote, the problem is that the whole story was changed.
I don't really have an schedule... I read one Verne and then maybe I read a couple other books, and then perhaps another Verne if I feel like it. Since my intention is reading all of them I was following the order of publication, because why not, but I don't mind changing the order.
You can see the chronological list in the first post of the thread. After From the Earth to the Moon the next one would be In Search of the Castaways, aka Captain Grant's Children. However, if you want to read one or two Verne novels, that one might not be your first choice. It's quite long to begin with (3 volumes in my edition, so about 3 times as long as From the Earth to the Moon), and not among Verne's most famous. Possibly you might prefer Around the World in Eighty Days, or Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas.
In any case, if you tell me a book you want to read and the date you'd like to start, I'm happy to adjust my schedule.
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Just a quick note: I'm staying away from the Book Clubs. I'll send you a PM.
I'll comment further on your post tomorrow. I'd like to get comfortable and do some reading.
