Science Fiction Pioneer: A Story about Jules Verne (Creative Minds Biographies)
When Jules Verne was born in 1828, his family had his future planned out for him. They expected him to become a lawyer, but he dreamed of writing. He started out writing more traditional poetry and plays, but then he began to create a new, unconventional kind of fiction. It combined adventure, the modern world of science and invention, and his personal view of the future. With fantastical characters, spaceships to the moon, and deep-sea submarines, his books told of things that would not actually occur for decades.
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Grade 3-6-Streissguth briefly traces Verne's life and career, presenting a picture of a young dreamer who managed to escape from his boring hometown of Nantes and move to Paris to pursue his ambition to write. Although he had some small triumphs as a popular playwright, Verne had no real success until 1863 when Jules Hetzel published his first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, and the writer developed a loyal following. Streissguth shows how Verne's knowledge of science and invention enabled him to imagine and write about machines and technologies that would not actually exist for many years to come. Full-page pen-and-ink drawings reflecting the costumes and flavor of the era are scattered throughout. This is a workmanlike treatment, presenting the information in a straightforward and readable way. Peggy Teeters's Jules Verne (Walker, 1993) is a fuller and more interesting book for slightly older children. Robert Quackenbush's Who Said There's No Man on the Moon? (Prentice-Hall, 1985; o.p.) is a more entertaining, though equally sketchy choice. A serviceable addition where the demand for biographies runs high.
Elaine Fort Weischedel, Franklin Public Library, MA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Elaine Fort Weischedel, Franklin Public Library, MA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherMillbrook Press ™
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 157505440X
- ISBN 13 9781575054407
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages64
- IllustratorRamstad Ralph L.
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