Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction The father of Science Fiction, a visionary French novelist, a short story writer, and a dramatist. This is the essence of the man we know today as Jules Verne. In his voluminous writings he foresaw a number of scientific devices and developments that...

From the Earth to the Moon By: Jules Verne From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne was written in 1872. Verne forecasted with remarkable accuracy many scientific achievements of the 20th century. I believe Verne intended this book chiefly to be a satire of some people living at his time who...

The Journey to the Center of the Earth In the novel, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, author Jules Verne tells the fictitious story of three men and their adventures as they descend into the depths of the earth. The main character in this expedition is a fifty-year-old German by the name of pr...

FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON AND AROUND THE MOON BY: JULES VERNE From the earth to the moon and around the moon by Jules Verne, a book about how he foresaw man reaching the moon. Through the infamous Gun Club which was nothing more than a group of disfigured and excitable old war vetera...

From the Earth to the Moon Verne, Jules Personal Library 185 pp. I believe Verne intended this book chiefly to be a satire of some people living at his time who were unable to accept the peaceful condition of the world. The Gun Club is nothing more than a group of disfigured and excitable...

Coleridge "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world," Albert Einstein was once quoted as saying. This particular journey of the mind not only deadens the boredom of existence, but also may lead one on an intellectual discovery...

Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic novel by Jules Verne about an English gentleman by the name of Phileas Fogg. Fogg was quite an unusual and mysterious man. Nobody really knew very much about him. Everyone knew that he was wealthy, but, from where his wealth derived was not known. ...