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Post by Lensman on Feb 17, 2007 2:01:09 GMT 1
Altho it's generally said WOTW was originally published in 1898, according to Wikipedia the original magazine serial was pubbed in 1897. Is this correct? And IIRC it was pubbed simultaneously in Britian (in Pearson's Magazine) and in the U.S.? What was the title of the American magazine?
And another question: What year does the WOTW copyright run out in the UK?
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Post by Scifishocks on Feb 17, 2007 3:28:27 GMT 1
Off the top of my head....
The U.S Magazine was Cosmopolitan Magazine (apparently the same as the women's mag now... in those days it was a family magazine).
It was published in Pearson's in 1897 and was released as a book (with revisions) in 1898.
I think the UK copyright is 2015... but PM Charles and he will probably give you the right date.
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Post by Charles on Feb 18, 2007 2:57:02 GMT 1
Yep, that's correct, lads.
It was composed during early fall 1895, first half of '96 and last quarter of '97. Published in Pearson's & Cosmopolitan simultaneously, April - December 1897. Heinemann's edition appeared in late January 1898.
1 January 2016 is liberation day.
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Post by Scifishocks on Feb 18, 2007 3:31:45 GMT 1
Thanks Charles, you're a star!  |
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Post by McTodd on Feb 18, 2007 4:57:44 GMT 1
Published in Pearson's & Cosmopolitan simultaneously, April - December 1897. I can confirm this having recently got my grubby mitts on a dead cheap set of original Pearson's from 1897. Mwah hah ha ha ha ha ha hah...!!! BTW: Jan-June 1897 = Volume 3 of Pearson's Magazine July-Dec 1897 = Volume 4 of Pearson's Magazine |
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Post by Lensman on Feb 18, 2007 9:42:59 GMT 1
Thank you Charles! Nice to see you're still around.
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Post by David Faltskog on Feb 18, 2007 12:15:42 GMT 1
Published in Pearson's & Cosmopolitan simultaneously, April - December 1897. I can confirm this having recently got my grubby mitts on a dead cheap set of original Pearson's from 1897. Mwah hah ha ha ha ha ha hah...!!! BTW: Jan-June 1897 = Volume 3 of Pearson's Magazine July-Dec 1897 = Volume 4 of Pearson's Magazine Jammy Swine!  D.F. |
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Post by David Faltskog on Feb 18, 2007 12:43:12 GMT 1
Thank you Charles! Nice to see you're still around. I second that and wonder if Charles is still rockin out with his long hair and guitar D.F. |
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Post by Charles on Feb 18, 2007 17:17:48 GMT 1
Thanks, lads. Yes, David, I am indeed still spreading deafness far and wide - which is the main reason why I've been a bit scarce here for the last year or so. Although I still have most of the hair you remember from the old photo, age is taking its toll in a couple of ways, including quickly turning it all grey. Put that down to my kids, though.
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Post by thedonal on Feb 18, 2007 22:15:11 GMT 1
Come on Charlesey Boy! Let's avva mugshot then!
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Post by Lensman on Feb 21, 2007 7:00:01 GMT 1
Does anyone know who this picture's artist is?  I'd like to post it on my FAQ pages, and if I do I'd like to give the artist credit. |
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Post by richardburton on Feb 21, 2007 9:48:57 GMT 1
Hello there, Charles. Nice of you to join us.
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Post by Thunder Child on Feb 21, 2007 11:08:40 GMT 1
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Post by Lensman on Feb 21, 2007 19:20:23 GMT 1
Thank you *very* much, Thunder Child!
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Post by Lensman on Feb 23, 2007 17:21:29 GMT 1
PROBLEM WITH CHRONOLOGYI've hit a snag when trying to construct a time line of the Martian invasion. It seems pretty clear in the Brother's account that he left London on Monday, the day the fourth cylinder fell in Bushey Park (chapter I-15). Yet I-17 states: ~~~~~~~~~ Of the falling of the fifth cylinder I have presently to tell. The sixth star fell at Wimbledon. My brother, keeping watch beside the women in the chaise in a meadow, saw the green flash of it far beyond the hills. On Tuesday the little party, still set upon getting across the sea, made its way through the swarming country towards Colchester. ~~~~~~~~~ And: ~~~~~~~~~ That night fell the seventh star, falling upon Primrose Hill. It fell while Miss Elphinstone was watching, for she took that duty alternately with my brother. She saw it. On Wednesday the three fugitives--they had passed the night in a field of unripe wheat--reached Chelmsford... ~~~~~~~~~ Something's wrong here. Only one cylinder was launched each day, and only one fell each day. If the fourth cylinder fell on Monday, the sixth should have fallen on Wednesday. And by the time of the seventh, the Brother and Miss Elphinstone should have been well on their way across the English Channel. I'm not sure how long that journey would take, or whether or not they'd have reached France by Midnight at the beginning of Thursday. Now I don't want to start another debate over "the unreliable Narrator". If there's a mistake here, whether that mistake was the Narrator's or Wells' is irrelevant to constructing a time line. My question is: Has this problem with the narrative been discussed before, and if so is there a consensus about it? Or am I missing something obvious here? I note the "Sequence of Events" in Wikipedia's WOTW article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(novel)...says the Thunder Child's action happened on day 7. Again, that doesn't match my reading of the novel. The Brother's storyline has them reaching the coast and boarding the steamboat on Wednesday, which is Day 6 (I-17). So either I'm wrong, or whoever put that into the Wikipedia article is wrong.
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