Jules Vernes

During his twilight years, the French author Jules Verne (1828-1905) wrote two original sequels to books that had fired his own youthful imagination but which he felt to be incomplete: Johann Wyss's "Swiss Family Robinson" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket." "Arthur Gordon Pym" (1845) was only one of many Poe stories which Verne admired; no other single author had more impact on his writing. Verne acknowledged this debt in his only major piece of literary cri... more info>>

A Jules Verne classic.

They laughed at his ideas of heavier-than-air flying machines. But he had the last laugh with the Albatross--the most incredible flying machine ever built. Lord of the skies, Robur became the would-be conqueror of the world! A fascinating companion to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Robur the Conqueror explores many of the same themes. The Wildside Press edition contains a newly revised version of the first English-language translation. (Revisions by Dainis Bisenieks and John Gregory Betancourt.)

THREE CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION GREATS IN ONE EBOOK! Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island, From the earth to the Moon in one eBook--for one low price. Here are three legendary science fiction novels by the father of futuristic prediction, Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues tells of the Nautilus, the first submarine, helmed by Nemo, a vengeful scientist who hates war and munitions manufacturers. The Mysterious Island brings a group of castaways face to face with a dying Ne... more info>>