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A carregar... Doctor Omega (1906)por Arnould Galopin
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. 'Doctor Omega' is a bit of a novelty, especially for Doctor Who fans. A lost French scifi novel from 1906, it has some vague similarities to the later television show. Mostly due to some editions' illustrations that look a lot like the (First) Doctor (William Hartnell.) The story is a fun, light, quick read. Typical turn-of-the-last-century style with a first-person narrative of Mars exploration - various weird flora and fauna along the way, and a few perils and escapes. This novel was "adapted and retold" which means the translators (who are also Doctor Who fans) took liberties to add additional ties to 'Doctor Who' - making it seem that perhaps Doctor Omega is an alternate or perhaps the Doctor himself in some form of exile. While that is enjoyable, I would still like to read a straight translation (I can't read French) so I could see the original similarities for myself. I did enjoy it, and look forward to 'Doctor Omega and the Shadowmen' - a modern anthology of Doctor Omega tales from the same publisher (Black Coat Press.) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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France, 1905. In a quiet Normandy village, amateur violinist Denis Borel meets a mysterious white-haired scientist known only as Doctor Omega, who is building an amazing spacecraft, the Cosmos. Doctor Omega invites Borel to accompany him on his maiden voyage - to Mars! But the Mars they land on is the primitive planet of three billion years ago, inhabited by savage reptilian warriors and macrocephalic gnomes who seize their ship. Without the Cosmos, can the stranded travelers ever hope to return to Earth?Doctor Omega was published in France in 1906. This marvelous classic of pulp literature has now been translated and retold in English for the first time. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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This one has all the dryness of a victorian novel but without the scientific interest and all the pulp of later sci-fi without any of the excitement. Its slock, nonsense, drivvel. It also takes elements of [b:From the Earth to the Moon|32827|From the Earth to the Moon (Extraordinary Voyages, #4)|Jules Verne|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1389545038s/32827.jpg|14165539], 20,000 Leagues, [b:The Master of the World|32838|The Master of the World (Extraordinary Voyages, #53)|Jules Verne|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348933261s/32838.jpg|2208934] and [b:Gulliver's Travels|7733|Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1427829692s/7733.jpg|2394716].
Its not all bad, the aliens are more like 1950s martians than you might expect, it also might be losing a little in translation but i doubt it.
Any attempts to equate Dr.Omega with Dr.Who are spurious, although i wouldn't be surprised if both characters received some influence from Moriarty of the Holmes stories.
Some small elements of scifi interest but barely worth the reading effort. ( )