Verne
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Stark Munro, 13 Days, and Master of the World
The Master of the World Jules Verne 4 out of 5 stars A sequel to Robur the Conqueror, this 1904 Verne novel is centered on one of his classic themes: a vulnerable public terrorized by unknown and indisputably more powerful technology. Here, U.S. lawman John Strock is sent to investigate “the Great Eyrie,” in what Continue reading
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Paris in the Twentieth Century
This is a remarkable book with an even stranger setting – written in 1863, set in 1960, and not published till 1994. It’s not such a stretch, however, to include it in the Turn of the Century Salon, as Jules Verne was writing novels up through the early 1900s, and he is always associated with Continue reading
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
As hard as it has been to mentally distance myself from the Disney movie (an all-time favorite), Jules Verne‘s writing still has the power to leave me enthralled. I’ve visited 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea all over again and found it to be a dark, Gothic, deep book (no pun intended). Psychologically, perhaps the only Continue reading
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Character Thursday: Ned Land vs. Captain Nemo
[It’s not yet Thursday where I live, but I thought I would go ahead and post this. 🙂 ] As I near the end of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, I realize one thing: I don’t like book!Nemo. And it is (partly) Herman Melville’s fault. Ever since I read Moby-Dick, I have had a huge Continue reading
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