The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures: Return to the Centre of the Earth and Other Extraordinary Voyages, by the Heirs of Jules Verne

by Mike Ashley and Eric Brown

Book Overview

Jules Verne, one of the founding fathers of science fiction, was the author of such thrilling and perennial favorites as Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Twenty... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786714956
• ISBN13: 9780786714957
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

High Quality Homages to Jules Verne

I've decided to treat myself to only one of these a week after reading the first 4 this weekend. Who knows if we'll ever get new Verne stories again by authors of this caliber. (The editorial review doesn't do justice to the contributors. Check the table of contents scan.) Each story deserves to be savored fully. The first four are each very different - one's even a parody of Paris in the 20th Century - reflecting the various strengths and tastes of the authors; but, at the same time, you feel that you are reading Verne himself somehow. Even the parody!