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Verne had a kindred spirit in Walt Disney, whose first science-fiction effort was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Jules Verne was not just a great French novelist—he was a futurist, a dreamer, and a storyteller whose imagination ...
Widely considered to be the "Father of Science Fiction," the famed French poet, novelist, and playwright known as Jules Verne celebrates what would have been his 193rd birthday this year. Born Feb ...
Jules Verne was on to something. In his classic 1864 adventure story Journey to the Centre of Earth, the French novelist imagined a vast ocean deep within the planet's bowels.
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The automated transfer vehicle — dubbed Jules Verne in honour of the pioneering 19th-century French science fiction author — carried over five tonnes of freight and completed its mechanical ...
The freighter is dubbed "Jules Verne" in honour of the visionary 19th century French science fiction writer. It is the first of a new fleet of unmanned cargo spacecraft built for the European ...
The Jules Verne, an unmanned spacecraft that will be the first to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) without human control, is scheduled to take off from French Guiana at 4.03am today.