Off on a Comet

Jules Verne

янв. 2014 г. · Продавец: Simon and Schuster

Об электронной книге

"Off on a Comet" (or "Hector Servadac") is an 1877 science fiction novel by Jules Verne about a comet called Gallia that touches the Earth in its flight.

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Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. He wrote for the theater and worked briefly as a stockbroker. He is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. His most popular novels included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Several of his works have been adapted into movies and TV mini-series. In 1892, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. He died on March 24, 1905 at the age of 77.