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Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 (6)
Submarines (Ships) -- Fiction (3)
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Sea stories (2)
Underwater exploration -- Fiction (2)
Earth (Planet) -- Core -- Fiction (1)
Earth (Planet) -- Internal structure -- Fiction (1)
Geology -- Fiction (1)
Sea fiction (1)
Submarines -- Fiction (1)
Voyages around the world -- Fiction (1)
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Voyages Extraordinaires (6)
1) A Journey to the Interior of the Earth
Voyages Extraordinaires
A Journey to the Center of the Earth, also translated as A Journey to the Interior of the Earth, follows a man, his nephew and their guide down an Icelandic volcano into the center of the earth. There they encounter an ancient landscape filled with prehistoric animals and natural dangers. There is some discussion as to whether Verne really believed that such things might be found in the center, or whether he shared the alternate view,
2) Twenty thousand leagues under the sea
IL: MG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 28
East Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Verne, J.
Forest Ave. Library - Science Fiction & Fantasy - Adult
Franklin Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
2011 Vintage Classics
South Side Library - Science Fiction & Fantasy - Adult
[c1946] The World publishing company
375, [1] p. front., illus., col. plates. 22 cm.
1952 Dodd, Mead
xvi, 363 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
2006 Blackstone Publishing
2009 Barnes & Noble Classics
Professor Arronax and his two companions, trapped aboard a fantastic submarine as prisoners of the deranged Captain Nemo, come face to face with exotic ocean creatures and strange sights hidden from the world above.
3) The mysterious island
IL: MG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 41
Central Library - Fiction - 1st Floor
South Side Library - Fiction - Adult
2001 Modern Library
Modern Library ed.
xxx, 629 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
[1988], c1918 Antheneum Books for Young Readers
viii, 493 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Although The Mysterious Island is technically a sequel to Vernes' enormously popular Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this novel offers a vastly different take on similar thematic motifs. As with all of Verne's best-known works, The Mysterious Island is a masterpiece of the action-adventure genre, with a heaping dash of science fiction influence thrown in for good measure.
4) A journey to the center of the earth
Franklin Ave. Library - Science Fiction & Fantasy - Adult
[2003] Signet Classic
vi, 300 p. ; 18 cm.
c1992 Reader's Digest Association
2008 Pocket Books
1st Pocket Books pbk. ed.
xxi, 330 p. ; 18 cm.
"A classic of nineteenth-century French literature, this science fiction tales delves into the depths of the Earth, and by so doing, reveals the staggeringly long history of our planet"--Cover, P. [4].
5) 20,000 leagues under the sea
Books of wonder
Recorded Books classics library
Book, Audiobook, eBook, Kindle
South Side Library - Children's Fiction - Children
1st HarperCollins ed.
p1998 Recorded Books
12 sound discs (14 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Retells the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.
6) Around the world in 80 days
Audiobook, eAudiobook, eBook
Central Library - Audiobooks - 2nd Floor
Franklin Ave. Library - Audiobooks
p2005 Random House/Listening Library
7 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.
7) Twenty thousand leagues under the seas
[2009] Oxford University Press
xlviii, 445 p. ; 20 cm.
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