Journey to the Center of the Earth

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Excellent story; Verne is the master of science fiction! The story is a constant pulse of science and adventure that kept me reading anytime I coul... (show more)

Excellent story; Verne is the master of science fiction! The story is a constant pulse of science and adventure that kept me reading anytime I could. The story is also steeped with various meanings and insights into Verne's personal life.

Verne was truly a genius - I know many people will disagree because of the fact that clearly this story, overall, is impossible but first of all it is actually solidly backed by the amount of science that was known at the time and second it was written to entertain and hopefully educate people in some science/geology and hopefully encourage them to begin analyzing the world around them and to go on an adventure.

The story could be enjoyable as a light read but I would encourage people to really read into it, especially the father/son relationship between Axel and the Uncle/prof. as this will prove to be a very insightful look into attitude towards his own father. Also, the series of discoveries through mistakes and chance provides a rather different, if not comical, look at the true art of scientific discovery that Verne invested so much of his life to.

I would highly encourage anyone, especially if you are interested at all in science, to read this and other of Verne's works. If nothing more his books will certainly entertain you and open your eyes to the wondrous world under your very feet! (show less)

 

 

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No, it's a flop!

This old science fantasy book was great because of it's bigger-than-life idea of it's time. To explore and travel to uncharted depths of the world ... (show more)

This old science fantasy book was great because of it's bigger-than-life idea of it's time. To explore and travel to uncharted depths of the world was always a fascinating thing for me and made me want to trek everywhere. When I read this book again now it has to be said that the story do drag in the beginning and there is not much that happens in the story. It's mostly close calls to death due to the lack of water and a meeting with prehistoric animals and that's that. But it's a fast read and okay entertainment if you treat it rightly. (show less)

 

 

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  Just finished this over the weekend. The original movie was one of my favorites as a child. The book differs in a lot of ways from the movie, some good some not so much. I have read several novels from the 1th century, but I have to say that this is a very good and quick read. It wasn't dry at all. Verne was incredibly up to date on the science and the scientists of the day. I found myself going to wikipedia often to reference people and equipment that they used. It was all there! Ok for the ... (show more)

  Just finished this over the weekend. The original movie was one of my favorites as a child. The book differs in a lot of ways from the movie, some good some not so much. I have read several novels from the 1th century, but I have to say that this is a very good and quick read. It wasn't dry at all. Verne was incredibly up to date on the science and the scientists of the day. I found myself going to wikipedia often to reference people and equipment that they used. It was all there! Ok for the bad, the main character was not quite a mainly guy and whined constantly. He seemed to deal with some srt of inferiority in regards to his Professor-uncle. If you can let that go, this is a very good book. His details of the interior of the earth under the crust really makes one wonder if he actually had some inside information. If you liked the movie this is close and you can see what was lifted and left behind. In some ways the movie was better. REgardless this book has me wanting to read more Verne. (show less)

   

   

  by James O. Perry on Nov 25, 2009 at 02:12AM

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  Another classic, I read online (on zeno.org, a German copy-right free lit site), this is becoming more and more a habit of mine. But then really, if you're at the computer this much anyway, why not?

  It is, everybody probably knows and if they don't can easily deduce from the title, a book about two scientists who make a journey into a cold volcano where they think they can find a way into the centre of the earth. In an old book, they find a mysterious note, marking this volcano in iceland as... (show more)

  Another classic, I read online (on zeno.org, a German copy-right free lit site), this is becoming more and more a habit of mine. But then really, if you're at the computer this much anyway, why not?

  It is, everybody probably knows and if they don't can easily deduce from the title, a book about two scientists who make a journey into a cold volcano where they think they can find a way into the centre of the earth. In an old book, they find a mysterious note, marking this volcano in iceland as the entry and they go on an expedition. And that is basically the story, three men walking deeper and deeper into the earth, almost dying a few times and finding interesting structures and things underneath and finally getting spewed out again by a different volcano.

  I can't honestly say that it's an amazing read, it was ok for work but I think in the end I was quite happy when I finished it. It's especially strange to read things that seem so little basis in science when it seems such a scientific book. There are some suspenseful moments and some nice ones and it's not a bad read - it just didn't get me exited about it either. (show less)

   

  by Laila Balke on Apr 21, 2009 at 06:29PM

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