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A Hand-book Of Volapuk by Andrew Drummond

After reading this review of the novel A Hand-book Of Volapuk by Andrew Drummond, I would love to read the book (in my copious spare time...) Sounds bizarre and fun and clever! With Volapuk and Esperanto and even Sherlock Holmes, what's not to like?
A Hand-book Of Volapuk concerns the efforts of Mr Gemmel Justice, a fervent campaigner for Volapuk, and the many trials he faces - largely at the hands of his arch enemy Mr Bosman, the chain-smoking champion of Esperanto.

By odd coincidence I read the review around the same time that I read the interview with Tomaso Alexander in the current issue of Kontakto (2006:3), in which Tomaso speaks about learning Volapuk. Clearly Volapuk is poised for a surge in popularity.

That does sound like fun.

That does sound like fun. Amazon (US) doesn't carry it, but they have links to several booksellers that do: Amazon.com page on the title. Amusing that the used copies tend to be a few bucks more expensive than the new ones.

Haruo

Venu al Seatlo por NOREK kaj festu kun ni!

  • By Haruo Ros at 2006-08-30 19:01
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I just purchased a copy via

I just purchased a copy via amazon.co.uk from pando books, for £10.44 including shipping. (Quite a deal, considering the list price is £9.99 and Amazon's sale price is £6.94! Mine was only £3.50!) And it should arrive in time for NOREK...

Haruo

PS: In searching for the title at Amazon, "A Hand-book of Volapük" returned zero hits; they list it simply as "Volapuk (Paperback)", no umlaut either. What's more, pace the Scotsman, on the cover at any rate "Handbook" is not hyphenated.

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  • By Haruo Ros at 2006-08-30 20:25
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Interesting

I think possibly I'd like to read that book. It certainly sounds entertaining.
I've just read that a verb in Volapük can have 500,000 forms! That's pure craziness. The author says Esperanto is a hodgepodge of grammar and vocabulary!? Heh.

Mi pensas, ke eble mi volus legi tion libron. Certe sxajnas amuza.
Mi jxus legis, ke verbo en Volapuko eblas havi kvincent mil diversecoj! Tio tute frenezas. La auxturo diras, ke esperanto estas sortimentacxo de gramatiko kaj vort-provizo!? Amuza.

  • By kavaliro at 2006-08-29 18:08
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