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French GEoD

Posted: 26 May 2010 18:20
by Omphalos
Here is a link to GEoD's publishing history.

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?LCCLDDNTML1992" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ive seen it in more than one place where the French volume is noted as book 5 ("tome 5"). I was wondering if one of our French users can tell me if this is a mistake that has just been carried forward, or is maybe one of the earlier books broken into two parts, or something? GEoD in the English set is book 4.

Thanks!

Re: French GEoD

Posted: 26 May 2010 19:51
by lotek
I think it must be because the two parts of Dune(the first)are often printed out as two separate books.
I remember having an old edition with Dune 1 and 2 just before Dune Messiah, I should be able to remember what the publisher was to verify this

Re: French GEoD

Posted: 30 May 2010 09:27
by MrFlibble
Interesting! How were they divided? Books 1 and 2 of Dune in the first volume, Book 3 and the Appendices in the second?

Re: French GEoD

Posted: 30 May 2010 15:02
by DuneFishUK
MrFlibble wrote:Interesting! How were they divided? Books 1 and 2 of Dune in the first volume, Book 3 and the Appendices in the second?
Dune divides almost perfectly right down the middle - The chapter where Gurney meets with Tuek is practically at the half way point and would have made an awesome final chapter for Dune: Book 1. It makes me wonder at what point it became 3 books.

Re: French GEoD

Posted: 30 May 2010 15:12
by Freakzilla
DuneFishUK wrote:
MrFlibble wrote:Interesting! How were they divided? Books 1 and 2 of Dune in the first volume, Book 3 and the Appendices in the second?
Dune divides almost perfectly right down the middle - The chapter where Gurney meets with Tuek is practically at the half way point and would have made an awesome final chapter for Dune: Book 1. It makes me wonder at what point it became 3 books.
I thought that was done for serialization in magazine form.

Re: French GEoD

Posted: 30 May 2010 16:10
by DuneFishUK
Freakzilla wrote:
DuneFishUK wrote:
MrFlibble wrote:Interesting! How were they divided? Books 1 and 2 of Dune in the first volume, Book 3 and the Appendices in the second?
Dune divides almost perfectly right down the middle - The chapter where Gurney meets with Tuek is practically at the half way point and would have made an awesome final chapter for Dune: Book 1. It makes me wonder at what point it became 3 books.
I thought that was done for serialization in magazine form.
IIRC it was serialised in 2 parts? (Dune World and Prophet of Dune?)

Re: French GEoD

Posted: 30 May 2010 16:40
by TheDukester
Yar. The initial U.S. appearance was in Analog:

"Dune World": 3 parts (1963-64)

"Prophet of Dune": 5 parts (1965)

"Dune World" ends after 22 chapters. The final scene is of Paul and Jessica after their escape, discussing the death of Duke Leto (and what the hell they're going to do next, of course).

Re: French GEoD

Posted: 30 May 2010 17:51
by Freakzilla
I guess FH or the editor did the dividing into three books when it was novelized then?

Re: French GEoD

Posted: 30 May 2010 19:47
by DuneFishUK
TheDukester wrote:Yar. The initial U.S. appearance was in Analog:

"Dune World": 3 parts (1963-64)

"Prophet of Dune": 5 parts (1965)

"Dune World" ends after 22 chapters. The final scene is of Paul and Jessica after their escape, discussing the death of Duke Leto (and what the hell they're going to do next, of course).
22 is the end of 'Dune' (as in 'Book 1')