Science fiction authors conceive strange worlds, dystopian societies and never-seen-before planets, ships and gadgets. They imagine a future that seems eccentric yet the characters relate to the ...

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author, who's considered today to have been a pioneer in the science-fiction genre, with novels like From the Earth to the Moon (published in 1865), Twenty Thousand ...

Jules Verne’s novels may have done as much as anything to spur man to new heights—literally. In 1862 Verne had much to do with a new society founded in France. Its founders were an aristocrat, a ...

Jules Verne, widely regarded as one of the fathers of science fiction, wrote some of literature's most famous adventure novels, including seminal works like Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty ...

A lot is made of how prophetic SciFi is supposed to be. And it certainly has seemed to hit the mark pretty often and pretty remarkably. But some of its most impressive hits depend on just what you ...

Jules Verne is undoubtedly a name you have heard at some point in your life. You may have read one of his novels, such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, or heard his name in passing. It should ...

Jules Verne, the French science fiction pioneer who died 100 years ago this month, is typically viewed in this country as a lightweight. For that, Hollywood deserves some blame. The 1959 movie ...