Jules Verne Revisited
Interesting article on Jules Verne in the U.K.'s Independent newspaper.
In recent weeks, there has been a flood of new publications in France which attempt to identify the "real" Jules Verne. Was the author of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days a scientific visionary? A literary genius? A mere writer of ripping yarns for boys of all ages? A plagiarist? A small-minded, provincial hypocrite? He seems to have been all of these things.
Verne, the author, was incomparable. His 80 novels, written from 1854 till 1904, foreshadowed space travel ... They predicted, amongst other things, artificial satellites; large submarines; helicopters; television; video-players; and the development of plastics.
Read it all.
In recent weeks, there has been a flood of new publications in France which attempt to identify the "real" Jules Verne. Was the author of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days a scientific visionary? A literary genius? A mere writer of ripping yarns for boys of all ages? A plagiarist? A small-minded, provincial hypocrite? He seems to have been all of these things.
Verne, the author, was incomparable. His 80 novels, written from 1854 till 1904, foreshadowed space travel ... They predicted, amongst other things, artificial satellites; large submarines; helicopters; television; video-players; and the development of plastics.
Read it all.
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