The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Stories (Mammoth Books)

The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Stories (Mammoth Books)

by Mike Ashley (Author), Mike Ashley (Author), Eric Brown (Editor)

Synopsis

A hundred years after the death of Jules Verne, the founding father of science fiction, The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures celebrates his amazing vision. A host of top science fiction authors pay homage to Verne's genius with a series of breathtaking stories using as a springboard his iconic ideas and characters. Collected in this anthology of Extraordinary Voyages are stories of intrigue and adventure set in the four corners of the globe, and even within it. Stories set in the past, present and future - tales that will delight with the same sense of wonder conjured by Jules Verne in such novels as Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea..

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Publisher: Robinson
Published: 24 Mar 2005

ISBN 10: 1845291220
ISBN 13: 9781845291228
Book Overview: A 100 years after the death of Jules Verne, a host of top science fiction authors pay homage to his genius with this authology of superb new stories, taking as their inspiration just some of Verne's iconic and characters.

Author Bio
Mike Ashley is editor of the bestselling anthologies The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction, The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy and The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures. Eric Brown is an award-winning SF short story writer and the author of several novels including Penumbra and New York Nights.