Posts tagged Jules Verne
Exploring the Animal Within
Feb 14th @ 6:00AM
Ah, The Island of Dr. Moreau, H.G. Wells’ foray into the psychological landscapes of humanity and the beast within. For those who are unaware of this story, it is about a shipwrecked man who is picked up by a vessel on its way to a small, unknown island. Here he finds himself with two human companions, Montgomery and Moreau. The latter of which is a London surgeon whose experiments into vivisection were the catalyst that drove him from society and onto the remote island. [...]
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Feb 4th @ 6:00AM
1865, the end of the war between the states, as well as the original publishing year for Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. I always thought it was ‘A Journey’, but it is not, so from here on out, don’t say it like that, you’ll be harshly corrected by not only me, but your conscience saying how much of an idiot you are for saying it wrong.
This was quite different from Wells’ The Time Machine, mostly due to the [...]
The Science Fiction Masters
Jan 6th @ 10:45AM
I thought it was about time that I finally talk about those authors who made science fiction what it is today. I say authors because SF has always been at its best and most true when in the literary form.
Science Fiction has been around since Johannes Keplers Somnium written almost 400 years ago. In the 1800’s Mary Shelly helped flush out the genre. But not till later that century did the true fathers of science fiction emerge. If you haven’t [...]
