The Monte Cristo plot: appropriate vengeance - Page 2

Apache · 03-30-2018, 11:17 AM

I clicked on Robin Buss's name on Amazon and it took me to all of the books he translated. I just checked and it appears that this is not translated by him. I am going to have to ask Amazon about this.
Apache

deback · 03-30-2018, 02:37 PM

The book I referred to earlier is now 8.99, and the .49 version no longer states it was translated by Robin Buss. Someone at Amazon must have made some changes after I posted about this earlier.

HarryT · 03-31-2018, 04:25 AM

The Robin Buss translation is exclusive to Penguin Classics. Any other edition (of which there are many!) will be using the old Chapman and Hall text (or some edited version of it).

deback · 03-31-2018, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

The Robin Buss translation is exclusive to Penguin Classics. Any other edition (of which there are many!) will be using the old Chapman and Hall text (or some edited version of it).

The $.49 version was a Penguin Book and stated it was translated by Robin Buss. Amazon (USA) changed the price from $.49 to $8.99 after I first posted about it.

varlog · 04-10-2018, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Pulpmeister

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The Monte Cristo plot still has legs. A version set in an entirely alien society on an alien planet, with motivations and retaliations arising from the alien culture you have created, could be a fruitful variation. (And, for all I know, it's already been done).

"The Stars My Destination" aka "Tiger! Tiger!" by Alfred Bester?

Sirtel · 04-10-2018, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by varlog

"The Stars My Destination" aka "Tiger! Tiger!" by Alfred Bester?

Yes, but it's not really set in an alien culture. It takes place in the future, but the characters and their motivations are still human, or so I remember.

Pulpmeister · 04-11-2018, 12:50 AM

I hadn't thought of "The Stars my Destination" as a Monte Cristo style plot. I must re-read it.

4691mls · 04-11-2018, 01:15 PM

I thought of this thread the other day as I watched the end of the 1980's Dan Aykroyd/Eddie Murphy film Trading Places - a comedic take on appropriate revenge

varlog · 04-11-2018, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

Yes, but it's not really set in an alien culture. It takes place in the future, but the characters and their motivations are still human, or so I remember.

I've had this thought myself - but then I decided that properly written Monte Cristo plot set in a really alien culture should be not recognizable as such to human reader

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Luffy · 04-17-2018, 03:03 AM

I read the book in French, but still didn't like it. There is an anime loosely based on Cristo, that too was not up to snuff.

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03-30-2018, 11:17 AM	#16
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,140 Karma: 90000000 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	I clicked on Robin Buss's name on Amazon and it took me to all of the books he translated. I just checked and it appears that this is not translated by him. I am going to have to ask Amazon about this. Apache

03-30-2018, 02:37 PM	#17
deback Book E d i t o r Posts: 432 Karma: 288184 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Laptop	The book I referred to earlier is now 8.99, and the .49 version no longer states it was translated by Robin Buss. Someone at Amazon must have made some changes after I posted about this earlier.

03-31-2018, 04:25 AM	#18
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	The Robin Buss translation is exclusive to Penguin Classics. Any other edition (of which there are many!) will be using the old Chapman and Hall text (or some edited version of it).

04-11-2018, 12:50 AM	#22
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,502 Karma: 28893796 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	I hadn't thought of "The Stars my Destination" as a Monte Cristo style plot. I must re-read it.

04-11-2018, 01:15 PM	#23
4691mls Wizard Posts: 2,776 Karma: 30081762 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: US Device: ALL DEVICES ARE STOCK: Kobo Clara, Tolino Shine 2, Sony PRS-T3, T1	I thought of this thread the other day as I watched the end of the 1980's Dan Aykroyd/Eddie Murphy film Trading Places - a comedic take on appropriate revenge

04-17-2018, 03:03 AM	#25
Luffy Wizard Posts: 4,461 Karma: 429063498 Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Mauritius Device: Kindle Paperwhite 4	I read the book in French, but still didn't like it. There is an anime loosely based on Cristo, that too was not up to snuff.