Journey to the Center of the Earth - Jules Verne

Journey to the Center of the Earth

By Jules Verne

  • Release Date: 1904-12-31
  • Genre: Action & Adventure
Score: 4
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Description

An Apple Books Classic edition.

Many credit Jules Verne with inventing the genre of science fiction. In this novel, the author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days whisks us back in time and deep into the earth’s core. We follow eccentric scientist Otto Lidenbrock and his team on a dangerous exploration to an Icelandic volcano that he believes is actually a tunnel to the center of the earth. The deeper the group travels, the more treacherous the landscape becomes, littered with the bones of ancient animals and besieged by electrical storms hurling fireballs from above. But the biggest surprise of all may be waiting for them when they finally emerge…

Published in 1864, Journey to the Center of the Earth is riddled with scientific inaccuracies, all of which were based on the accepted theories of Verne’s day. That context only adds to the enjoyment of the story—and doesn’t detract from the amazing fact that Verne accurately predicted a staggering number of future inventions.

Reviews

  • Love science fiction and Jules Verne

    5
    By Bee geee
    I really enjoy the works of Jules Verne. The richness of the language and he expands on what is possible. Is the center of the earth unreachable. He imagined going to the moon long before it was possible. What I genius.

  • Pioneering Sci-Fi Adventure

    5
    By iDittohead
    Jules Verne was a science fiction visionary and this book is a literature classic.

  • A Baffling Book

    3
    By jesterjace
    Many of these Victorian classics have long poetic passages that grasp at scientific thoughts of their age and this one is no different. Axel’s narration of their journey is laced with all kinds of geological, biological, zoological, and anthropological terms and then…just when you think he might have a grasp of things, he says or thinks something utterly idiotic and it leaves you scratching your head. I had a hard time with this book. The classics are fun if you aren’t educated in sciences and can just go with the story. But this one had some parts that I had to read out loud to my partner who commented on how learned men of the era got a pass. So, I leave this book’s review with a Gentleman’s C for trying at least.

  • Long story

    3
    By Goodman+
    I did not expect this work of fiction to be so filled with the scientific arguments of its time. The characters are not believable, so it was a struggle to finish this book. The book has been used and exploited by Hollywood to make movies that don’t follow the book’s story.

  • Quite a Journey

    5
    By Cubanoso
    What a wonderful read! There is science, humor, tension, foreboding. Axel’s narration is a delightful balance between the exquisite and the banal. I’m encouraged to read more Verne.

  • Journey to the end of the book that ended too soon.

    5
    By HarpSawLee11!
    About as fun and imaginative as a book can possibly get.

  • Great classic

    5
    By sockmonkey18
    How did I miss reading this book growing up? Great, easy read

  • Ran long

    3
    By RLOMD
    Ran a little long and was not as exciting as I expected.

  • It was good

    5
    By amiyaxk_reviews
    It was good It was good It was good Highly recommended!!!

  • Interesting historical science

    4
    By Luhmski
    Excellent adventure and interesting to see science viewed in the eyes of the 19th century

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