We're back from our extended vacation with this great new Jules Verne design. This is a continuation of our French writer theme begun back in June with Voltaire because we think France is really cool and we wish we lived there even if we don't speak the language. If it's good enough for David Sedaris, it's good enough for us.
Anyhoo, we've always loved Verne and science fiction in general, as long as it isn't too technical because then it is engineering fiction which is a specialized subset of science fiction. Verne had a great sense of adventure and although science fiction isn't about predicting the future, he did predict the internet, fax machines, and gasoline-powered automobiles. If you haven't read "Paris in the 20th Century", we urge you to do so. This is his lost manuscript that wasn't published until 1994. It's a fascinating read.
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