Navy's Seawolf may outstrip Verne's Nautilus in terms of speed, power, and stealth, the Nautilus bests its modern-day counterpart in terms of charm, grandeur, and capacity to stir the imagination. With the scientific wonders of Verne's novels now realized, surpassed, or proven impractical, what hold could he have on the imagination of the contemporary reader?'-BOOK JACKET.

In the 1990s there also arises the question of relevance. But in his time and today, this popularity has not been accompanied by critical acclaim he has often been dismissed as a less-than-serious, if talented, writer of tall tales for children.

'Verne's entertaining mix of fiction and scientific verisimilitude made him one of the most popular and financially successful writers of the Victorian era. It flourished, along with his 40-year writing career, in more than 65 novels that have brought readers to all seven continents, to the North and South Poles, across or under all the oceans, to the center of the earth, and to the moon.'-BOOK JACKET. Verne's love of adventure was not to be so easily contained. This escapade was brought to a hasty conclusion by his father, who quickly found his son, reprimanded him, and brought him home. 'In the summer of 1839, at age 11, Jules Verne ran away from home and signed on as cabin boy aboard a three-masted schooner bound for the Indies.

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