jules verne

     

Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneere the science-fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Journey to the Center of the Earth (written in 1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (written in 1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (written in 1873). 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. He is the third most translated author of all time, behind Disney Productions and Agatha Christie, according to Index Translationum. Some of his work has been made into films. Verne, along with H. G. Wells, is often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction".

Trivia about jules verne

  • A trophy named for this author is awarded to anyone who breaks the record for sailing a yacht around the world
  • Ideas in his novels that have come true include space travel, television & the submarine
  • An 1870 novel by this man mentions Moby Dick as well as a sea monster called a Kraken
  • This early sci-fi writer tackled polar exploration (from his study) in the 1860s with "Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras"
  • This author of "Around the World in Eighty Days" also wrote librettos for operettas
  • His "Voyages Extraordinaires" include one "From the Earth to the Moon" & one "To the Center of the Earth"
  • Published in 1904, "Master of the World" was this French author's last novel published in his lifetime
  • His 19th century novels such as "The Mysterious Island" foretold the submarine, the aqua lung & TV
  • For 35 years straight, he published a new novel each year, including "From the Earth to the Moon"
  • His novels have inspired many movies, beginning with Georges Melies' "A Trip to the Moon"
  • In a 1901 book this French sci-fi author exposed the slaughter of elephants for their ivory
  • This 19th century sci-fi writer foretold the artificial satellite in his story "The Begum's Fortune"
  • The young Robert read & reread this author's "From the Earth to the Moon", making corrections in its margins
  • In 1887 this science fiction author wrote a novel about the U.S. Civil War, "North Against South"
  • This French writer knew the future included turning 182 on February 8
  • Captain Nemo & Phileas Fogg
  • Oui! Oui! in 1863 this science fiction pioneer published his first novel, "Five Weeks in a Balloon"
  • This sci-fi writer's "An Antarctic Mystery" attempts to finish Poe's "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym"
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reporting in a hot air balloon somewhere over New Mexico) A hot air balloon escapes from Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War in this man's novel "The Mysterious Island"
  • Prior to his first big literary success with "Five Weeks in a Balloon", he wrote librettos & plays
  • In the 1920s Amazing Stories magazine used a representation of his tomb in Amiens, France in its logo
  • Rejected in 1863 when its autos & subways seemed too fantastic, his "Paris au XXIeme Siecle" was finally published in 1994

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