50,000 copies. Jules Verne and the Invention of the Future by Laurence Bergeen (Mariner, $32.50; ISBN 9780063320543). 50,000 copies. Nothing Compares to You by Sonya Huber (One Signal, $28.99 ...
Many critics agree that Verne's dystopian "Paris in the Twentieth Century" wasn't his greatest work, but what makes it most interesting are the inventions he predicted almost 100 years before they ...
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When Americans Wanted A Little Cocaine In Their WineThomas Edison drank it to keep himself awake while working on new inventions, and Ulysses S. Grant partook while writing his memoirs. Famous authors like Jules Verne, Henrik Ibsen, and Robert ...
The invention of the helicopter by Igor Sikorsky took shape in his mind while reading a book by Jules Verne. A science fiction story written by Arthur C. Clarke inspired Tim Berners-Lee enough to ...
Born as a reflection of our waking reality, Science Fiction is more than just a mere futuristic view of life as we know it, ...
In the 19th century, the invention of photography took this project even further ... popular culture climbed on board. The novelist Jules Verne began describing trips to the Moon, and movies from the ...
Experience a season of storytelling, art and community at The Mount in 2025, with author talks, performances, writing ...
If he's not presenting some of the biggest shows on the BBC, Jules Hudson is busy in his workshop making furniture. In 2024, Jules revealed that he took a 12-week furniture making course at the ...
Enter Wallace’s latest invention: Norbot, a friendly garden gnome that he programs to lend a hand with the pruning, picking and cultivating. A cunning Feathers, however, manages to reprogram ...
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