20,000 Lieues Sous les Mers / 20,000 Miles Under the Seas

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  Read once (abridged instead) and pass on

  Fun story, but often too wordy with dry descriptions. Much of it reads more like a marine biology book than a novel. Interesting themes of freedom and vengeance. Apparently translation matters and Mendor T. Brunetti is preferred for accuracy of translation in scientific/ technical issues.

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  Brandon Current said on Aug 19, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Finally, the read is over.

  but maybe just because I am addicted to a different level of science fiction. Or I don't really like most classics. Anyway, it took me a lot to finish, didn't exactly thrill, and in the end the english translation isn't super duper. I wouldn't say I regret reading it, and I admire verne for creating ... (continue)

  but maybe just because I am addicted to a different level of science fiction. Or I don't really like most classics. Anyway, it took me a lot to finish, didn't exactly thrill, and in the end the english translation isn't super duper. I wouldn't say I regret reading it, and I admire verne for creating moden science fiction, but my lufe s definitely not changed by this read. Call me simple.

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  Viollka said on Feb 16, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Jules Verne represents the dawn of modern science fiction. Science fiction normally focuses on the circumstances the characters are placed in and not necessarily on the characters and the relations between them. This is why sometimes science fiction is not thought of as "literature". However, Verne ... (continue)

  Jules Verne represents the dawn of modern science fiction. Science fiction normally focuses on the circumstances the characters are placed in and not necessarily on the characters and the relations between them. This is why sometimes science fiction is not thought of as "literature". However, Verne focuses both on the characters and on the fantastic adventure they undergo. Furthermore, the scientific ideas used in the book are researched and grounded. Sometimes the book even becomes boring when the author lists the classifications of all the marine biology he observes in each ocean of the world, but this is not a fault, this is a credit to the book.

  Verne leaves alot of questions unanswered about the main character, Captain Nemo, although he meant it to be this way. The ending seemed rather abrupt to me and the plot line didn't really develop throughout the book. However, the adventure is absolutely fantastic and I'll be reading more of Verne's books.

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  audioreader said on Oct 26, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Quite possibly the first and best piece of science fiction I ever read.

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  Dusty Admin said on Aug 7, 2006 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• Others 729 Pages
• ISBN-10: 2266091778
• ISBN-13: 9782266091770
• Publisher: Pocket
• Pub date: Mar 31, 1999
• Dimensions: 1161 mm x 710 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
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