Jules Verne

[xxxFLYERxxx]

Has anybody ever read anything by Jules Verne?

I think hes one of the most underrated novelists ever. Verne is a fascinating guy. He theorized about planes and submarines before they ever existed. And Journey to the Center of the Earth , which i just finished, is about as a good as an adventure book gets.

 

[chatterbox]

Around the World in 80 days is awesome !

 

[Tricolore#20]

I read around the World in French... It was a good book, and I liked the movie too.

 

[mhflierman]

I think Verne is indeed awesome. A great writer, and his predictions about things to happen in the future are amazing. He was writing about rockets and submarine's before we could even fly or drive a car.

He isn't really underrated though in Europe.

 

[monkee]

I read Journey to the Center of the Earth as well... good book. He's not really underrated in Europe though as Maarten said.

 

[LOCOlombia]

I've read 20 thousand leagues under the sea good book...

 

[hunttherock]

Certainly one of the better classic writer. 20 thousand leagues as well as Journey to centre of Earth are very good.
I think Da Vinci was first to think of rockets etc.

 

[LOCOlombia]

Originally posted by hunttherock
I think Da Vinci was first to think of rockets etc.

and some kind of flying machine....helicopter like...

 

[mhflierman]

Yeah he was, but Verne also described how they'd look like and that was terrifyingly well done, looking at how it turned out. Also his calculations for a rocket taking off we're nearly perfect.

 

[xxxFLYERxxx]

In 4 years of high school, not one english teacher of mine mentioned Jules Verne.

The ideas he writes about in his books are just out of this world.

 

[man united forever]

I've read 20000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days. Great books.

Da Vinci came up with all sorts of stuff - parachutes, gliders, helicopters. he was one of the first to study human muscular structure too i think.

 

[Moron]

Originally posted by xxxFLYERxxx
In 4 years of high school, not one english teacher of mine mentioned Jules Verne.

The ideas he writes about in his books are just out of this world.

American education sucks!

I'll look into Jules Verne

 

[$teauA]

I read 20 thousand leagues under the sea, it was a really good book.

 

[hunttherock]

Hey didn't Da Vinci write mirrorred, really confusing to read that.