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Science Fiction Pioneer: A Story about Jules Verne

Tom Streissguth

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When Jules Verne was born in 1828, his family had his future planned out for him. They expected him to become a lawyer, but he dreamed of writing. He started out writing more traditional poetry and plays, but then he began to create a new, unconventional kind of fiction. It combined adventure, the modern world of science and invention, and his personal view of the future. With fantastical characters, spaceships to the moon, and deep-sea submarines, his books told of things that would not actually occur for decades.

Language: English

Pages: 64

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)

Release: September 02, 2000

ISBN: 157505440X

ISBN 13: 9781575054407

Science Fiction Pioneer: A Story about Jules Verne

Tom Streissguth

0/5 ( ratings)

When Jules Verne was born in 1828, his family had his future planned out for him. They expected him to become a lawyer, but he dreamed of writing. He started out writing more traditional poetry and plays, but then he began to create a new, unconventional kind of fiction. It combined adventure, the modern world of science and invention, and his personal view of the future. With fantastical characters, spaceships to the moon, and deep-sea submarines, his books told of things that would not actually occur for decades.

Language: English

Pages: 64

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)

Release: September 02, 2000

ISBN: 157505440X

ISBN 13: 9781575054407

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