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[[File:Verne.jpg|right|Jules Verne]]

[[File:Verne.jpg|right|Jules Verne]]

'''Jules Verne''' (Nantes 1828 - Amiens 1905) was a [[France| French]] [[science-fiction]] [[author]] and a pioneer of that literary genre. His depictions of fantastic technological advances, including space travel and television, helped create the genre of science fiction. [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb08.html]

'''Jules Verne''' (Nantes 1828 - Amiens 1905) was a [[France|French]] [[science-fiction]] [[author]] and a pioneer of that literary genre. His depictions of fantastic technological advances, including space travel and television, helped create the genre of science fiction. [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb08.html]

Many of Verne's works, especially ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'', are notable for their precise and accurate scientific detail.  Verne prolifically wrote about [[submarine]]s, [[airplane]]s, and interplanetary [[rockets]] in his books before those machines were invented.

Many of Verne's works, especially ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'', are notable for their precise and accurate scientific detail.  Verne prolifically wrote about [[submarine]]s, [[airplane]]s, and interplanetary [[rockets]] in his books before those machines were invented.

== Translation ==

== Translation ==

Unfortunately, the most common English [[translation|translations]] of Verne's work are extremely shoddy and take great licenses with the works, adding sections, removing vast quantities of material (especially his scientific detail), and even changing characters' names and backgrounds.  This is due to translators seeking to sell them to an English audience shortly after publication; the oldest translations have now become [[public domain]] and are thus most popular.

Unfortunately, the most common English [[translation]]s of Verne's work are extremely shoddy and take great licenses with the works, adding sections, removing vast quantities of material (especially his scientific detail), and even changing characters' names and backgrounds.  This is due to translators seeking to sell them to an English audience shortly after publication; the oldest translations have now become [[public domain]] and are thus most popular.

== See also ==

== See also ==