Jules Verne Lives!

Jules Verne Lives!
Author: Gary Westfahl
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2023-07-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476687730

This volume is a fresh examination of the works of Jules Verne, the pioneering and enduringly popular science fiction writer. Essays study Verne's various novels--including Around the World in Eighty Days, The Mysterious Island and The Adventures of Captain Hatteras. Included essays offer analyses of literary responses to Verne's work, assessments of film adaptations of his novels and discussions of steampunk, the Verne-inspired science fiction subgenre that has influenced writers like Philip Jose Farmer, Caleb Carr and Adam Roberts.

Who Was Jules Verne?

Who Was Jules Verne?
Author: James Buckley, Jr.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2016-06-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0451532724

Meet the father of science fiction, Jule Verne. Born in France in 1829, Jules Verne always dreamed of adventure. At age 11, he snuck onboard a ship headed for the Indies only to be discovered by his father and have his dreams dashed. After his father made him swear to only travel "in his imagination," Verne kept his promise for the rest of his life. He began writing adventure stories as a young man and became a popular writer throughout France. Known for mixing scientific discovery and literature in his books like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days, Verne is often called "The Father of Science Fiction."

Jules Verne

Jules Verne
Author: William Butcher
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-04-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781560259046

Highly readable narrative of a writing phenomenon. The world's most translated best-selling writer.

Science Fiction Pioneer

Science Fiction Pioneer
Author: Tom Streissguth
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0761382674

When Jules Verne was born in 1828, his family had his future planned out for him. They expected him to become a lawyer, but he dreamed of writing. He started out writing more traditional poetry and plays, but then he began to create a new, unconventional kind of fiction. It combined adventure, the modern world of science and invention, and his personal view of the future. With fantastical characters, spaceships to the moon, and deep-sea submarines, his books told of things that would not actually occur for decades.

Five Complete Novels

Five Complete Novels
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Gramercy
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: French fiction
ISBN: 9780517122501

Introduction by Christopher Moore. Wonderful collection of the best science fiction novels by this enormously popular French novelist. Includes Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon: A Sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. and Around the World in Eighty Days.

The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures

The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures
Author: Mike Ashley
Publisher: Running PressBook Pub
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780786714957

Written in homage to the master of science fiction, this anthology of stories--by Ian Watson and Adam Roberts, among others--inspired by Verne's vision presents stories that recall characters and plots from the author's fictional milieu. Original.

Jules Verne

Jules Verne
Author: Herbert R. Lottman
Publisher: St Martins Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312146368

Draws on unpublished correspondence between the renowned science fiction author and various friends and family members, and recreates Verne's life from his youth in Nantes to his self-imposed exile outside of Paris as an adult

Jules Verne

Jules Verne
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 782
Release: 2012-11-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1607108763

Get cozy with the classics! Jules Verne collects some of the author’s best-known works in one volume. 2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Finalist in Gift Books Legendary science fiction and adventure author Jules Verne is remembered for his fascinating stories of travel and excitement. With countless adaptations available, the titles of his works are familiar. But no joy can compare to reading the originals! This book features the African exploration of Five Weeks in a Balloon; the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; Around the World in Eighty Days, the famous story of an incredible expedition; and the classic Journey to the Center of the Earth, which takes readers into our world’s geological past. With an introduction by an expert on Verne’s life and writing, it’s an excellent introduction to the work of this well-loved author. Expand your home library--and your imagination--with Jules Verne!