people. Hetzel and Verne co-signed a reply indicating they had no intention of offending anyone, and promising to make corrections in the next edition. However Verne left the salvage work to Hetzel, asking Hetzel at the end of the summer, "Have you arranged the affair of the Jews in Servadac?" The principal change was to replace "Jew" with "Isac" throughout, and to add "Christian countries" to those where Hakhabut plied his trade. The anti-semitic tone remained however, sales were lower than for other Verne books, and the American reprint houses saw little profit with only a single printing by George Munro in a newspaper format. Even the Hetzel revised version has never been translated into English, as both Victorian translations were made from the magazine version. This has caused some modern reviewers to unfairly criticize the early translators, assuming that they had inserted the anti-semitic material which Verne actually wrote. Film adaptations Valley of the Dragons a Columbia Picture directed by Edward Bernds Na kometě ("On the Comet"), directed by Karel Zeman, Czechoslovakia, 1970. Off on a Comet, an animated adaptation, directed by Richard Slapczynski, Australia, 1979. A 1962 version of the novel was to have been filmed by American International Pictures but the film was never made. Various 1962 issues of Charlton Comics offered a contest where a winner would visit the set of the film. Influences Off on a Comet was the inspiration for a 2007 novel by Adam Roberts, Splinter. References External links Hector Servadac, Travels and Adventures through the Solar System edited by Norman Wolcott (George Munro 1877 version). Choptank Press, 2007 Hector Servadac: The Missing Ten Chapters of the Munro Translation by Norman Wolcott and Christian Sánchez. Choptank Press, 2007. Hector Servadac, page images of the Munro Translation from the Library of Congress.. Hector Servadac, scanned copy of the Frewer translation (Charles Scribner's sons, 1906 printing). Off on a Comet, text of Parke edition from Project Gutenberg. Off on a Comet, edited by Adam Roberts, Solaris Books. Off on a Comet, English audio version from Project Gutenberg. (artificial voice read) Hector Servadac, French text. Karel Zeman, a Polish site with detailed filmography of Karel Zeman. Hector Servadac and the Comets of Jules Verne has the most complete background on the science of the book, by astro-physicist Jacques Crovisier. (in French) 1877 French novels 1877 science fiction novels Novels by Jules Verne French novels adapted into