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Post by phileasfogg on Sept 10, 2024 21:25:35 GMT
Wow, excellent job picking images that really don't give this one away! However, I do recognise Detective Fix in the first image as my copy of Around the World in 80 Days contains this illustration.
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Post by farseer on Sept 10, 2024 22:03:27 GMT
Wow, excellent job picking images that really don't give this one away! However, I do recognise Detective Fix in the first image as my copy of Around the World in 80 Days contains this illustration. Ha! Yes. it's Around the World in 80 Days. Being such a famous novel, I tried to choose images that weren't too evident but still recognizable. Apart from Fix waiting in Egypt, we have the iceboat, and that guy who gave a speech on the train about the Mormons, with Passepartout as his only audience in the end.
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Post by phileasfogg on Sept 11, 2024 9:57:32 GMT
Yes, any image of Fogg would have made it obvious. Fix is a little less noticeable. Incidentally, I just noticed that there is a coat draped on the back of the chair behind Passepartout in the second image. I wonder if this is supposed to be Passepartout's coat, or if someone left the car with such haste that they didn't bother to collect their coat! I have selected three images from a random book using the rng. Don't worry, it's not a posthumous novel this time!
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Post by farseer on Sept 11, 2024 21:25:43 GMT
I have selected three images from a random book using the rng. Don't worry, it's not a posthumous novel this time! Not posthumous, but almost. I believe this is Master of the World, published just a year before Verne's death.
The first picture seems to be a flying ship with helices, which would make it one of the Robur novels.Then the mountain climbing clinches it as Master of the World. The other picture might be a submarine, which would also fit.
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Post by phileasfogg on Sept 12, 2024 10:18:02 GMT
I have selected three images from a random book using the rng. Don't worry, it's not a posthumous novel this time! Not posthumous, but almost. I believe this is Master of the World, published just a year before Verne's death.
The first picture seems to be a flying ship with helices, which would make it one of the Robur novels.Then the mountain climbing clinches it as Master of the World. The other picture might be a submarine, which would also fit.
I thought that the first one might give it away. Yes, it is Master of the World. I was initially annoyed seeing yet another high number on the rng, but thankfully it was just shy of being posthumous.
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Post by farseer on Sept 12, 2024 12:41:18 GMT
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Post by phileasfogg on Sept 12, 2024 13:05:44 GMT
An Antarctic Mystery? It would be consistent with the first two certainly...
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Post by farseer on Sept 12, 2024 13:44:17 GMT
An Antarctic Mystery? It would be consistent with the first two certainly... Good try, but it's not An Antarctic Mystery.
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Post by phileasfogg on Sept 12, 2024 13:48:02 GMT
An Antarctic Mystery? It would be consistent with the first two certainly... Good try, but it's not An Antarctic Mystery. Ooh, I was somewhat certain of that. I have another theory but I will allow others time to guess.
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Post by farseer on Sept 12, 2024 13:55:21 GMT
Ok! In the meantime, have another image from the same book:
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Post by garmt on Sept 12, 2024 14:53:03 GMT
That second image of the ship in the ice is a nice red herring... But the name of the St Enoch tells us that this is "Cabidoulin".
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Post by farseer on Sept 12, 2024 15:42:10 GMT
That second image of the ship in the ice is a nice red herring... But the name of the St Enoch tells us that this is "Cabidoulin". Correct! The book is The Sea Serpent, aka The Yarns of Jean Marie Cabidoulin. Not among my favorite Vernes, but still a pleasant read. It being an obscure novel, I didn't hesitate to show the name of the ship, although it didn't escape your vast Verne knowledge, garmt. It wouldn't have helped me, since I didn't remember the name of the ship, even though I have read the book. phileasfogg, was this your other theory? I thought you would find this one difficult, since it's so unknown, unless you happened to have read it. This was going to be the next picture I posted about the book, which I think would be a good help, but only for those who have read it and remember that Cabidoulin was a cooper:
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Post by garmt on Sept 12, 2024 19:55:41 GMT
OK, here's another set, from a novel that I quite like. I'll let you guess for a bit, before posting one of the key illustrations.
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Post by farseer on Sept 12, 2024 21:21:21 GMT
OK, here's another set, from a novel that I quite like. I'll let you guess for a bit, before posting one of the key illustrations.
I'm at a loss here... The biggest clue seems to be the first picture, where you see a lot of snow and what looks like an American flag. Might it be Cesar Cascabel, and the building with the American flag would be in Alaska?
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Post by garmt on Sept 13, 2024 15:12:00 GMT
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