Originally posted by big gay kirk
Try "Journey to the Centre of the Earth," "20,000 leagues under the sea, " "Master of the World," "Off on a comet..." all good ones... he was a master of science fiction...
So was Master of the World... and "Animated Classics " did 20,000, Master, Off on a Comet, From the Earth to the Moon, Journey to the Centre of the earth, and a couple of others... you might also want to have a look at HG Wells, especially War of the Worlds, The Invisible man, The Island of Dr Moreau, Food of the Gods, etc.. Verne and Wells were writing at roughly the same time, and its interesting to examine the differences and similarities in French and English science fiction at the time....
Originally posted by HockeyHorror
i read ALMOST all his books. he's a genius. but his writing style i never liked. but a great author indeed. my favorite would have to be Around The World In 80 Days and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea....nevermind they were all great. 😂
Theres been at least five versions of Around the world, if you count the present one and the Animated Classic, most famous of which (correct me if I'm wrong) was the Rex Harrison one in the sixties... there was a B+W one made inthe thirties, and I believe a silent one in the early 20th... there was also a mini-series...
Originally posted by big gay kirk
Theres been at least five versions of Around the world, if you count the present one and the Animated Classic, most famous of which (correct me if I'm wrong) was the Rex Harrison one in the sixties... there was a B+W one made inthe thirties, and I believe a silent one in the early 20th... there was also a mini-series...
Jules Verne is still my favorite French author. Usually, when I sit down and try to read something by a French author, even when it is translated into English, I find I can never finish what I start. Jules Verne is the exception. I have read his "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," "Around the World in 80 Days," "Mysterious Island, and part of his "Journey to the Center of the Earth," but my favorite book of his, is one of his lesser known works "Michael Strogoff," which I have read several times.
Most of his books have been made into films, some of them are quite good, even if most of them have little or nothing to do with the book itself. Some of them just taking the title of the book.
And as a Jackie Chan fan, I am interested in seeing him in "Around the World in 80 Days."