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Discussion: Jules Verne sdsad >>By sdsad "what a man can imagine, another can make it reality." "let your imagine fly, and everything will be possible." Jules Verne(1828-1905) oh, is a real pity that this author is not posted yet... (and in the 100th annyversary of his dead!) one of the best knowns (and read) writer of all times, was that optimistic French tireless writer of inexhaustible imagination (he wrote more than 80 novels, as well as plays and even opera librettos...). Great admirer of north american genius Edgar Allan Poe, Verne studied law in Paris, but soon started to join a literary group, and become friend of a legend in France: Aleixandre Dumas (father). By a kind of contract with his publisher, Verne had to write 2 novels each year. were his "extraordinaries voyages" serie. Reading Verne today, some of his descriptions, inventions and scientific explanations seem too naive (well, dont forget never to read the classics in the context of his epoch: dont be naive you too :P). But if his novels have became old in that way, his optimism, his love for science, learning and human progress havent changed a bit. Cause , this is important, Verne excited the curiosity and love for science in many youngsters of several generations. And is not wrong to say that many scientifics all over the world chose their career thanks to Verne reads when their were children. we must admit that Verne, as novelist, is not as bigger as another adventure writers of XIX century (Dumas, Stevenson... ), he was more in the list of not-so-great writers as Salgari or Burroughs. But Verne (considered the "father" of Science-Fiction, though were a lot of precursors, since Daedalus myth, passing by Cyranno de Bergerac ( the XVII Century writer in which Rostand`s character is based ) or Jonathan Swift, till Mary Shelley or Edgar Poe)) caught as nobody in his pages the effervescence of an epoch, where the science and the human knowledge could make the impossible, possible. A last consideration... Children of past generations read Verne , as today`s ones read Rowling, but, i ask myself, were not luckier children ( in the literary issue) past ones reading with devotion that french author, that made them interest by science, geography, and human progress, that children of today, reading a writer that talk about spells, magic, and all this stuff...? humm... a question to you, Verne reader,... who is your best favourite novel of the famous french writer? ( i am between Journey to the Center of the Earth and The Travel Around the World in 80 Days... and behind that ones, 20.000 Leagues, or From the Earth to the Moon... ) humm.... critics say that best Verne`s novel from a literary viewpoint is Mysterious Island... but i havent read it yet... well, a smile from spain. enjoy reading :P PS- "Descend, bold traveller, into the crater of the jokul of Sneffels, which the shadow of Scartaris touches before the kalends of July, and you will attain the centre of the earth; which I have done, Arne Saknussemm" :P >>By Jim_Hawkins i have only read around the world and 20000 leagues and i sort of found the end of 20000 leagues a bit disappointing, it was all build build build, oh, its over. >>By Crazybeth
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