The purpose of this essay is to describe the development of French science fiction in the 19th century before Jules Verne. 1 It will not be confined to an historical study but will also consider some ...

Jules Verne, a renowned French writer, captivates audiences with both accurate and inaccurate predictions. How has his work influenced the worlds of science and literature? Jules Verne ...

29. An English translation of Journey through the Impossible was published by Prometheus Books in 2003 (<www.prometheusbooks.com>). Dumas, Olivier, Piero Gondolo della Riva, and Volker Dehs, eds.

Simon Lake (1866-1945), submarine designer Simon Lake was a US naval architect who designed some of the first submarines for ...

Anyone who’s had the privilege of reading Jules Verne’s ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ or ‘The Mysterious Island’ as a child will remember that the hero of these fascinating books – the mysterious ...

As Radio 4 embarks on a journey To the Ends of the Earth with a set of Victorian adventure stories, we examine how the work of 19th-century French novelist Jules Verne feeds into the modern ...

Jules Verne, the French science fiction pioneer ... all of which figure in his later books. Verne was a fierce individualist who had come of age during the political upheavals of 1848, when ...

Jules Verne have sent a special letter asking that ... and afterwards gone home and written books about America, Americans and Americanisms. We drove first to the London office of the New York ...

was a French artist renowned for his illustrations of Jules Verne’s science-fiction novels. Born in Paris, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and became famous for his detailed and imaginative ...