The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Stories
- ISBN-10
- 1780333587
- ISBN-13
- 9781780333588
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-09-01
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Author
- Mike Ashley
Description
A hundred years after the death of Jules Verne, the founding father of science fiction, The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures celebrates his amazing vision. A host of top science fiction authors pay homage to Verne's genius with a series of breathtaking stories using as a springboard his iconic ideas and characters. Collected in this anthology of Extraordinary Voyages are stories of intrigue and adventure set in the four corners of the globe, and even within it. Stories set in the past, present and future - tales that will delight with the same sense of wonder conjured by Jules Verne in such novels as Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea..
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