PAN published at least five of the ten novels written by Dorothy Uhnak (24/04/1930 to 07/07/2006) Three were in the ‘Christie Opara’ trilogy and another two were stand alone titles. I was intrigued by the covers of different editions of ‘The Investigation’ where the hardback has on the cover a group of men standing around what looks like the bodies of two children. The American (and Canadian?) editions move this image to the back cover and change the children to a teddy and shoes while PAN seems to be more squeamish and omits that part altogether. I still wondering if the one with a maple leaf is a Canadian edition as I can’t find a copy at a price I would pay to check.?
When Douglas Adams’ ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ was first translated into French, they chose the title ‘Le Routard Galactique’ . However, a famous French travel media company already published a widely known series of terrestrial travel guides titled ‘Le Guide du Routard’ (literally meaning The Backpacker’s Guide). Fearing that consumers would confuse the science fiction comedy novel with an official installment of their actual travel guides, the company objected to the name. To resolve the naming dispute and prevent market confusion, publishers changed the book’s official French title to ‘Le Guide du Voyageur Galactique’ (roughly translating to The Galactic Traveller’s Guide), which is the title under which the franchise continues to be known in France. Inside PAN gets a mention and it also lists PAN’s ISBN alongside Denoel’s as it does in ‘Le Dernier Restaurant La Fin Du Monde’ which was changed from ‘Le Guide Du Routard Galactique 2′
I’ve downloaded a random sample of full page PAN Books advertisements from ‘The Bookseller’ magazine from the 1940s and 50s which can be viewed HERE.
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