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Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Science Fiction
English
102819 Words
Ages 6 and up
330
3

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus, as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. Back in the late 1800's, ships of several nations spot a mysterious sea monster, which some suggest to be a giant narwhal. The United States government assembles an expedition in New York City to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and narrator of the story, who happens to be in New York at the time, receives a last-minute invitation to join the expedition which he accepts. Canadian master harpoonist Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful servant Conseil are also brought aboard. Title page (1871) The expedition departs Brooklyn aboard the United States Navy frigate Abraham Lincoln and travels south around Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean. The ship finds the monster after a long search and then attacks the beast, which damages the ship's rudder. The three protagonists are then hurled into the water and grasp hold of the "hide" of the creature, which they find, to their surprise, to be a submarine very far ahead of its era. They are quickly captured and brought inside the vessel, where they meet its enigmatic creator and commander, Captain Nemo. The rest of the story follows the adventures of the protagonists aboard the creature—the submarine, the Nautilus—which was built in secrecy and now roams the seas free from any land-based government. Captain Nemo's motivation is implied to be both a scientific thirst for knowledge and a desire for revenge on (and self-imposed exile from) civilization. [more]

Keywords: twenty thousand leagues under the sea, jules verne, sci fi, classic science fiction, action and adventure, science fantasy

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Edwin A. Abbott Flatland

Science Fiction
English
33255 Words
Ages 6 and up
267
2

Flatland is a satirical novella by Edwin Abbott Abbott. Writing pseudonymously as "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. The story is about a two-dimensional world referred to as Flatland which is occupied by geometric figures. Women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. The narrator is a humble square, a member of the social caste of gentlemen and professionals in a society of geometric figures, who guides the readers through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. The Square has a dream about a visit to a one-dimensional world (Lineland) which is inhabited by "lustrous points". He attempts to convince the realm's ignorant monarch of a second dimension but finds that it is essentially impossible to make him see outside of his eternally straight line. He is then visited by a three-dimensional sphere, which he cannot comprehend until he sees Spaceland for himself. This Sphere (who remains nameless, like all characters in the novella) visits Flatland at the turn of each millennium to introduce a new apostle to the idea of a third dimension in the hopes of eventually educating the population of Flatland of the existence of Spaceland. From the safety of Spaceland, they are able to observe the leaders of Flatland secretly acknowledging the existence of the sphere and prescribing the silencing of anyone found preaching the truth of Spaceland and the third dimension. After this proclamation is made, many witnesses are massacred or imprisoned (according to caste). [more]

Keywords: flatland, edwin a abbott, classic science fiction, fantasy, mathematical fantasy, satire, black comedy, sci fi

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Edwin L. Arnold Gulliver of Mars

Science Fiction
English
70397 Words
Ages 12 and up
128
2

Gullivar Jones is a good soldier, there is no question of that. He is driven to the ends of the Red Planet to find his love. But he does not bore the reader with constant reminders of what a good soldier he is. On the contrary, with the novel being written in the style of a memoirs, Jones is almost too humble about himself and the credibility of his story. The defining characteristic of the Martian civilization is that they are such an ancient, lethargic race that marriages are decided by public draw and assented to by an attitude just above apathy. Jones is an oddity not merely because of his strange dress and manner, but because of his passion for the princess. Contagious, it spreads to her and she is willing to risk her own life to provide Jones a means of identifying her ballot in the jar. Just when it seems his goal of bedding his mistress is reached, she is snatched away by the invading barbarians from afar. Furious, Jones tries to frenzy an army to no avail. The men of Mars are too cowardly, comfortable and indifferent. The only one who isn't is the prince, who sold off the princess out of jealously, the opposite of Jones' wholesome and manly red blood. Making his way by land and sea, Jones tours the Martian environs and befriends its people. Once or twice he even catches himself feeling more sympathy for the brutish, hairy barbarians than for the weak and waifish native peoples of his princess. Still he presses onwards to win her back to her people and his breast. Nevermind, of course, that he does have a girl back home that he was engaged to before the magic carpet spirited him away. She does come to mind occasionally whenever he fears that he will meet his end on this faraway world. He wonders what has become of her and what she must be feeling at this moment, but the wondering passes when he concentrates again on his quest to find his girl in this port. [more]

Keywords: gulliver of mars, edwin arnold, classic science fiction, science fantasy, historical romance, martian civilization

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Percy Greg Across the Zodiac

Science Fiction
English
163940 Words
No Age Recommendation
276
2

Across the Zodiac: The Story of a Wrecked Record is a science fiction novel by Percy Greg, who has been credited as an originator of the Sword and planet sub-genre of science fiction. The book details the creation and use of apergy, a form of anti-gravitational energy, and details a flight to Mars. The planet is inhabited by diminutive beings; they are convinced that life does not exist elsewhere than on their world, and refuse to believe that the unnamed narrator is actually from Earth. (They think he's an unusually tall Martian from some remote place on their planet.) The book's narrator names his spacecraft the "Astronaut." The book contains what was probably the first alien language in any work of fiction. [more]

Keywords: across the zodiac, percy greg, classic science fiction, sci fi, science fantasy, martians, aliens, space travel

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Robert Abernathy The Rotifers

Science
English
5501 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
1

Robert Abernathy (1924–1990) was an American science fiction author during the 1940s and 1950s. He was known primarily [more]

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Robert Abernathy When the Mountain Shook

Fiction
English
5520 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
0

Robert Abernathy (1924–1990) was an American science fiction author during the 1940s and 1950s. He was known primarily [more]

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Robert Abernathy The Record of Currupira

Short Story
English
5120 Words
Ages 18 and up
3
0

Robert Abernathy (1924–1990) was an American science fiction author during the 1940s and 1950s. He was known primarily [more]

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Robert Abernathy The Record of Currupira

Fiction
English
5043 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Robert Abernathy (1924–1990) was an American science fiction author during the 1940s and 1950s. He was known primarily [more]

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Cornelia von Soisses, Franz von Soisses Science Fiction

Adventure
German
1943 Words
No Age Recommendation
555
0

Trekkies kennen das "wir schreiben das Jahr 2400, die Enterprise ist 5000 Lichtjahre von der Erde entfernt..." [more]

Keywords: Belletriistik, Zukunft, Science Fiction, Satire, Abenteuer, Physik, Natur

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Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas

Illustrated

Fiction
English
143870 Words
Ages 3 and up
355
1

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. Illustrated with 116 color and black and white Illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville, Édouard Riou and engravings by Hildibrand. This is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. The title refers to the distance traveled while under the sea and not to a depth, as 20,000 leagues is over six times the diameter of Earth. As the story begins, a mysterious sea monster, theorized by some to be a giant narwhal, is sighted by ships of several nations; an ocean liner is also damaged by the creature. The United States government finally assembles an expedition in New York City to track down and destroy the menace. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a noted French marine biologist and narrator of the story. Canadian master harpoonist Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful assistant Conseil are also brought on board. [more]

Keywords: Literature, Fiction, Julves Verne, Sea Adventure, Abraham Lincoln, Action, Voyages, Giant Narwhal, Aquatic Life, Sea Monster, Science Fiction, Pierre Aronnax, Ned Land, Captain Nemo, Nautilus, Twenty Thousand Leagues, Under the Seas, Illustrated

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