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Jules Verne
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What does Jules Verne mean?
noun
- French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905)
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Ever since the days of Jules Verne no theme has proved so popular in fiction as fighting in the air.
No Jules Verne or H. G. Wells had foreseen it.
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They hurried into the house and made a dash for the parlor and the hard-coal burner, behind which Gunner was sitting on a stool, reading his Jules Verne book.
There was the last-mentioned method, which, by the way, Jules Verne partly relies on when he takes his heroes to the moon, and which in its highest practical development may be seen annually on the night of "Brock's Benefit" at the Crystal Palace.