Date: 2009-11-19 02:29 am (UTC)
And Ray Bradbury. A lot of his stuff tended toward the Literary Psychodrama in SF Clothing, but it's still good. I might or might not include Jules Verne-- great stuff, but the standard English translation is really stupid. Maybe if somebody did a better translation I could include Verne with enthusiasm.

(Example of standard English translations' stupidity? In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the harpoonist Ned Land starts a fire, on a deserted island the main characters visit, using a lentil he carried in his pocket. Lentil? He started a fire with a BEAN? Wait a minute.. lentil. Lenticular. Lens-like. Lens! He started a fire with a LENS! Sheesh.)
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