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Brace yourself for an out-of-this-world adventure in this Jules Verne classic following a small group of survivors set adrift in space by a comet--now with an arresting new look

The story starts with a comet called Gallia, that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. The disaster occurred on January 1 of the year 188x in the area around Gibraltar. On the territory that was carried away by the comet there remained a total... Read Full Overview

Off on a Comet (French: Hector Servadac) is an 1877 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story starts with a comet called Gallia, that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. The disaster occurred on January 1 of the year 188x in the area around... Read Full Overview

Brace yourself for an out-of-this-world adventure in this Jules Verne classic following a small group of survivors set adrift in space by a comet--now with an arresting new look

Nearly a century before space travel captured the imaginations of science-fiction writers and readers, Jules Verne envisioned an incident in which a comet impact in the vicinity of Gibraltar sends a piece of the Earth on a two-year trip around the solar system. Thirty-six unsuspecting... Read Full Overview

En la costa de Algiers, el capit n franc s H ctor Servadac, su ordenanza Ben-Zuf y el suelo bajo sus pies son barridos de la faz de la Tierra tr s el paso de un cometa. El mundo a su alrededor r pidamente cambia y cuando la pareja comienza a explorar, descubren que junto con... Read Full Overview

When a comet strikes, it breaks off a section of the Earth, sending it spinning into outer space - along with a group of survivors who were not left behind Can they survive the harsh conditions of their new, reduced world, and if not, how can they get home?

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Hector Servadac is a science fiction novel written by Jules Verne. The story is set in the year 186x when a comet named Gallia passes near the Earth and causes a catastrophic event. The comet's gravitational pull separates a group of people, including the protagonist Hector Servadac,... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

Hector Servadac is a science fiction novel written by the renowned French author Jules Verne. The story follows the adventures of Captain Hector Servadac, a French soldier who, along with several other people, is transported to a new world after a comet passes by Earth. This... Read Full Overview