![]() Wells, is often popularly referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction". Some of his books have been made into films. ![]() He is the third most translated author in the world, according to Index Translationum. Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical means of space travel had been devised. He is best known for novels such as Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Jules Gabriel Verne (FebruMarch 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. The size of the 'comet' is about 2300 kilometers in diameter - far larger than any comet or asteroid that actually exists. They form a mini-society and coping with the hostile environment of the comet (mostly the cold). ![]() Some forty people of various nations and ages are condemned to a two-year-long journey on the comet. ![]() The story starts with a comet that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. Off on a Comet (French: Hector Servadac) is an 1877 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. ![]()
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