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Retracing India of the “Soviet Jules Verne”

Russia & India Report - Jan 25, 2012
Russian science fiction writer Alexander Belyayev, popularly called the “Soviet Jules Verne”, was a visionary of sorts. In his captivating novels, he created vivid worlds and predicted modern marvels such as organ transplant, hormone therapy and space ...

Loick Peyron sets Jules Verne record

ESPN - Jan 7, 2012
AP BREST, France -- French skipper Loick Peyron set an around-the-world sailing record in the Jules Verne Trophy, breaking the old mark by nearly three days to win the race for the first time. Peyron and his jubilant Banque Populaire V crew arrived ...

Movie review: Journey 2

AsiaOne - Jan 26, 2012
DWAYNE "The Rock" Johnson leads a bunch of adventurers - including bratty kid Josh Hutcherson, hottie Vanessa Hudgens and eccentric explorer Michael Caine - in hightailing out of a sinking lost island which sci-fi novelist Jules Verne wrote about.

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The Collected Works of Jules Verne: 36 Novels and Short Stories

by: Jules Verne
This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains 36 of Jules Verne's best known works. Verne (1828-1905) was a French writer who, along with English author H.G. Wells, is regarded as the "Father of Science Fiction." He is best known for his novels A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH (1864), FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (1865), 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1869–1870), A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1871) AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (1873) and THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1875). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of space travel had been devised.
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The Golden Age of Science Fiction: An Anthology of 50 Short Stories

by: Various
This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains fifty science fiction short stories by more than forty authors. Many of the stories in this collection were published during the heyday of popular science fiction magazines from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Included within this work are stories by Poul Anderson, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Phillip K. Dick, Randall Garrett, Paul Ernst, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Williamson, Phillip Jose Farmer, Lester Del Rey, Leigh Brackett, Murray Leinster, Ben Bova, and many others.
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The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature

by: Jeff VanderMeer, S. J. Chambers

Steampunk—a grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitude onto various forms of science-fiction culture—is a phenomenon that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, fashion, and more. The Steampunk Bible is the first compendium about the movement, tracing its roots in the works of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells through its most recent expression in movies such as Sherlock Holmes. Its adherents celebrate the inventor as an artist and hero, re-envisioning and crafting retro technologies including antiquated airships and robots.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth

by: Jules Verne
An adventurous geology professor mounts an expedition that descends into a subterranean world of luminous rocks, antediluvian forests, and fantastic marine life — a living past that holds the secrets to the origins of human existence. Jules Verne's 19th-century action classic has the added appeal of a psychological quest, in which the journey is as significant as the destination.

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