One of five titles in our Classic Sci-Fi promotion!Extra-special futuristic 3D cover design! Each book comes with 3D glasses!A classic from the grandpère of science fictionLauded as brilliantly prophetic - his tales explore realism and invention, repression and transgression, imperialism and anarchy.
'Before my eyes was a hideous monster, swimming backwards with enormous speed towards the ship, staring with its huge glassy eyes. It had eight legs growing out of its head, twisting about like the Gorgon's snaky locks... Its horny beak opened and shut, and from it darted a hard tongue armed with several rows of sharp teeth. Its bloated body must have weighed twenty tons.'
From Twenty Thousand Leagues
Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828, in the city of Nantes, France . He is best known for his novels
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island and
Around the World in Eighty Days. Verne is often referred to as the 'Father of science fiction' because he wrote about space, air and underwater travel before aeroplanes, spacecrafts and submarines were invented. He died in 1905.
An adventure classic of deep-sea volcanoes, giant squid and the renegade scientist Captain Nemo.
Professor Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down and destroy a menacing sea monster. However, he discovers that the beast is metal - it is a giant submarine called the Nautilus built by the renegade scientist Captain Nemo. So begins an underwater adventure that takes them from the South Pole to the submerged lost city of Atlantis.
Unbearably thrilling and romantic...full of Verne's gentle humourAmong the deep-sea volcanoes, shoals of swirling fish, giant squid and sharks, Captain Nemo steers the Nautilus. Nemo is the renegade scientist par excellence, a man madly inventive in his quest for revengeA tale of terror, suspense and wonderFabulous...the pace is sharp and the story as dramatic and engaging as everVerne's imagination has given us some of the greatest adventure stories of all time
