When
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Book
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Translation
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Thoughts
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July 2023 |
"The Extraordinary Librairies of Jules Verne" by Arthur B Evans (1988) |
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July 2023 |
"The Illustrators of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires" by Arthur B Evans (1998) |
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July 2023 |
Martin Paz |
Copyright free version from a digital collection |
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July 2023 |
The First Ships of the Mexican Navy |
Copyright free version from a digital collection |
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July 2023 |
A Voyage in a Balloon |
Copyright free version from a digital collection |
This shows Jules use of history and previous Balloon voyages to expand the story |
May 2023 |
The Meteor Hunt
(Jules Verne's Original, not adulterated by Michel Verne) |
Frederick Paul Walter (Editor, Translator) & Walter James Miller (Editor)
Bison Frontiers of Imagination
Bison Books
University of Nebraska Press
2006 |
Again, an enjoyable read. VERY excellent forward, and afterward and Footnotes. A superbe edition. Great story. Cood characters. |
February 2023 |
Travel Scholarships |
Teri J. Hernandez
Wesleyan University Press
2013 |
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January 2023 |
The Kip Brothers |
Stanford Luce
Wesleyan University Press
2007 |
It was good to read this after Floating Island.
A lot in common with the South Pacific islands
Very enjoyable. I did know the plot twist at the end, but still found a few twists I didn't see coming. |
Christmas 2022 |
The Self-Propelled Island |
Marie-Thérèse Noiset,
University of Nebraska Press
2015 |
An enjoyable read. Lots of information of all the Islands they navigate to. |
Summer 2022 |
The Claim on Forty Mile Creek/
Flood and Flames (modified by Michel Verne) |
I O Evans, Fitzroy Edition
Associated Booksellers |
Happier ending than Vernes |
Summer 2022 |
The Golden Volcano (Original by Jules) |
Edward Baxter, University of Nebraska Press
2008 |
I liked the Original Verne ending better |
Early 2022 |
Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras |
???
James R Osgood and Company
1876 |
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Early 2022 |
The Children of Captain Grant |
Don Sample, self published, 2018/2019 |
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