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The Works of Jules Verne
by
Jules Verne
Borders Leatherbound Classics
Leather Bound, 729 pages
Published
2004
by Borders Classics
(first published 1929)
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Aug 11, 2011
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The book is decent - it has the Verne stories in it (20,000 Leagues, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the world in 80 days, etc.) and is nicely bound and printed. There are some typos, however, and though the illustrations are kind of neat they're clearly artistically done by someone who's never read the descriptions (Hans, the Icelandic guide from Journey, had a "Herculean" build and the illustration shows him as a shorter fattish man). From the Earth to the Moon didn't interest me in...more
It definitely doesn't feel like it took me a month to get through this monstrosity. Though I did break between books with other novels, so it was much more manageable.
So. Jules Verne, one of our great forefathers of science fiction. He provides massive amounts of science and math, which go above my head most of the time. Regardless, I like him. I even like the movies that were based upon his novels. Even after this collection, I still want to read more of his stuff. A reliable source (aka, Wikip...more
So. Jules Verne, one of our great forefathers of science fiction. He provides massive amounts of science and math, which go above my head most of the time. Regardless, I like him. I even like the movies that were based upon his novels. Even after this collection, I still want to read more of his stuff. A reliable source (aka, Wikip...more
Oct 30, 2008
Lori
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everyone! You have got to read it!
Shelves:
fiction
20,000 Leauges Under The Sea:
I have never seen the movie, tho now, having read the book, I will most definetly go out and rent it. I was always under the impression that the whole novel was based on a submarine trip to the bottom of the ocean to fight a gigantic squid...
I could not have been more wrong. Verne is quickly becoming a favorite author of mine. While his books get very technically and scientifically descriptive (which makes for a long, hard read), I find myself pulled in and turning p...more
I have never seen the movie, tho now, having read the book, I will most definetly go out and rent it. I was always under the impression that the whole novel was based on a submarine trip to the bottom of the ocean to fight a gigantic squid...
I could not have been more wrong. Verne is quickly becoming a favorite author of mine. While his books get very technically and scientifically descriptive (which makes for a long, hard read), I find myself pulled in and turning p...more
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - 3.5 stars. This was kind of boring at the beginning, but it got better and more interesting halfway through.
Around the World in 80 Days - 4.5 stars. More suspenseful and interesting than 20,000 Leagues.
The Blockade Runners - 4 stars. Quick read.
From the Earth to the Moon/Round the Moon - I couldn't get into this and decided not to finish it.
Four stars average for the 3 I read.
Around the World in 80 Days - 4.5 stars. More suspenseful and interesting than 20,000 Leagues.
The Blockade Runners - 4 stars. Quick read.
From the Earth to the Moon/Round the Moon - I couldn't get into this and decided not to finish it.
Four stars average for the 3 I read.
Fabulous mind in an age where man could do anything... the age of savants... the only thing left to read is Vernes Biography. I can't wait!
Tales from my childhood. Ah but science fiction can come true.
Establishing cultural terms !
Goddammit. I was all excited to have this great collection, I read a few pages into Twenty Thousand Leagues... having never read any Verne before, only to do a little research and realize that these are apparently the best-known English translations: in other words, the shitty ones that cut out large chunks for no good reason and make mistakes that lead generations of English-speaking readers to think that Verne was an amateurish writer for young children.
Now I have to go find a good translation...more
Now I have to go find a good translation...more
I've never read anything by Verne that I didn't like!
It is a decent collection of his more well known books but his writing is a bit dry in spots as far as scientifically classifying almost every creature he encounters. These are books I wanted to read but now that I have I will most likely not bother to reread them. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the flying ship one were suspiciously similar.
I have read these stories as a child and teenager now I am rereading them because they were amazing then and still are.
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Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the genre of science-fiction. He is best known for his novels "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1864), "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870), and "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1873).
Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of spa...more
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