Jules Verne

How one of the most famous novels of Jules Verne, 'The Mysterious Island' predicted the future.

The Google doodle for February 8th commemorates author Jules Verne's birthday.

Jules Verne is said to have been a master in the art of scientific writing mingled with "science fiction." He was very much ahead of his time.

A look at a classic.

Join Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel as they take a perilous journey searching for the center of the earth.

Jules Verne was an inspiration to so many inventors and adventurers. His influences are seen all around us, and maybe even on your wrist.

Learn about the famous author Jules Verne. Read summaries of his four most well-known novels: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, and The Mysterious Island.

Mysterious Island is a 19th century Robinsonade, a spin-off of Danile Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Verne wrote several, of which this is the best known.

It was a chilly night in Hollywood as press and science-fiction fans lined up at the Shrine Auditorium Sunday, Dec. 9, in Los Angeles, California, to see the cast of Bladerunner celebrate its 25-year anniversary.

Visually stunning but writing did not come through.

'Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,' the follow-up to the 2008 worldwide hit 'Journey to the Center of the Earth,' is a simplistic and straightforward sequel that capitalizes on audio-visual extravaganza to capture people’s attention.

Is just like its predecessor in that it doesn't literary adapt Jules Verne so much as use his work as a springboard. It's also like is predecessor in that it's forgettable family entertainment.

A personal account of my summer trip to France.

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Review of Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.

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"But you don't care. I must find Alice! Alice!"...

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