Mary Shelley created science fiction and established the philosophical potential of the genre, and it was Jules Verne who birthed "hard" sci fi and imagined the technical probabilities!
@sparetime24756 жыл бұрын
Extra Credits keep up the amazing work
@barrybend71896 жыл бұрын
Remember to look at the unique takes of sci-fi in other countries and cultures.
@stephenrosene15056 жыл бұрын
Looking at the timeline at the beginning of the video, which era does the work of Larry Niven fit into? His books read like hard sci-fi but were in a different decade.
@extrahistory6 жыл бұрын
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@gamedesignwithmichael6 жыл бұрын
Crazy to think you guys have done 14 eps already. Keep up the great work. Also, the artist(s) should be proper proud, all these videos are gorgeous.
@Winterpandacookies6 жыл бұрын
As a french literature major, I love Jules Verne. He is so amazing in his depictions of adventures. Though not completely sci-fi, Voltaire's Micromegas is another sci-fi-esque adventure that I love :)
@ignaciomoreno96552 жыл бұрын
And very accurate with his predictions.
@teleiosdawyz4044 Жыл бұрын
Micromegas us available as an audiobook at Doc Sloan's Science Fiction Station channel. You'll also find the most unknown and underappreciated Dune content on KZbin.
@JonathanBondu6 жыл бұрын
Paris in the XXth century is part of the 10 Jules Verne books I own, and I always found just incredible. written circa 1860 it describe Paris in 1960 with gasoline powered car silently driving on asphalt roads, a metro system pretty similar to any of the paris metro not underground. and there is this pressurized air system basically serving the purpose of our modern electric grid, and the light tower that domminates the city ... that I always saw as the Eiffel tower and its light that can be seen from so fa away... reading this on metro 2 in paris is quite a weird experience to have...
@Milnoc6 жыл бұрын
There was also the information network that struck an astounding resemblance with today's Internet.
@ChrisD__6 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Bondu Are we sure Vernes wasn't a time traveler?
@JonathanBondu6 жыл бұрын
Chris D That is the question you would ask yourself reading that. or it would be more like if he had premonitory dreams.... it's sometimes just incredible visions of the future...
@Nasfelia6 жыл бұрын
I believe the most interesting aspect of Paris au XXe Siècle was the description of a technocratic society ruled by profit and the "religion of science (math, physics, economy...)", leaving litterature, history, philosphy behind, and with pedantic artists who painted with their fieces. The man had described modern liberal globalized society a century before it occured. That was the pure genius of his work.
@bigo86476 жыл бұрын
Well Jules Verne really nailed it in 1860 with the gasoline propulsed automobile, Karl Ventz invented his version of the automobile just 25 years later in 1885 and ten years later Henry Ford created a more functional version of it.
@andyb16536 жыл бұрын
"these are my sons: Jules, and Verne" -Dr. Emett Brown, Ph.D (wackyness)
@Samm8156 жыл бұрын
Is that what he said? I couldn't understand him with his mouth full of Chris Lloyd.
@DSFII6 жыл бұрын
Andy B Welp, now I’ve gotta watch back to the future again.
@kingcole59776 жыл бұрын
@DSFII, back to back to the future? Perhaps watching the trilogy back to back?
@Pile_of_carbon6 жыл бұрын
Verne was my first encounter with sci fi when I raided my parents' bookshelf at the age of 11 or 12. Found an abridged/modernized version of 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea and even though I was/am a rather slow reader I tore through that one like Nemo's kitchen staff through rare and endangered species of manatee.
@dylansrandomchannel95336 жыл бұрын
Jules Verne's book "Paris in the Twentieth Century" was also probably his most accurate work because it included detailed accounts of many inventions that actually existed later, like the electric chair.
@blownupfishnchips90714 ай бұрын
He would be shocked just how close his predictions were.
@DunantheDefender6 жыл бұрын
I literally cannot stress enough how much love and respect I have for the art in these episodes.
@TheNeonLynx6 жыл бұрын
This made me realize how many books of jules verne I read... and how much I liked them.... I think I will go ahead and read a few more of his books in the near future
@danko58662 жыл бұрын
Les voyages extraordinaries is amazing
@jlvfr6 жыл бұрын
I grew up on Jules Verne. Devoured pretty much every book I could get.
@gymnodinium96 жыл бұрын
Fun times! Reading it as a kid is the perfect moment.
@mrbenoit50186 жыл бұрын
João Rita how did they taste?
@akramgimmini81653 жыл бұрын
I loved Jules Verne as Kid and still love his Storys
@emptyother6 жыл бұрын
Verne, the father of Optimistic Sci-fi. :) This episode made my day.
@brycevo5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love Jules Verne's novels. All his works were amazing
@tewa96146 жыл бұрын
Regarding the Columbiad/Columbia name, Columbia was also the name of the Command Module in the Apollo 11 moon landing. But in that case, they specifically DID name it after the Columbiad.
@GoldenPenHD6 жыл бұрын
Imagine a world where you can watch moving pictures on a little tablet...
@TooCooFoYou6 жыл бұрын
Derp Chaos That's witchcraft, right there!
@kyokyoniizukyo71716 жыл бұрын
Derp Chaos Please! Next you will be telling us that we can get to the moon...
@inventor1216 жыл бұрын
Imagine a world where you can watch moving pictures on a little tablet, and then respond to the pictures using a keyboard that simply appears on that tablet. Best of all the tablet is thinner than a dinner plate.
@DSFII6 жыл бұрын
Astro_Alphard Now thats just nonsense!
@aoli81426 жыл бұрын
Astro_Alphard Pffffffffft. Such lunatics.
@danilooliveira65806 жыл бұрын
god I love the Hard Sci-fi of Verne. its not really anything special about society or has any huge plot full of conflict.... its just scientists using science to go into adventures. its so hard to see things like that in modern literature, the closest thing to Verne work to be released recently is probably The Martian, but I can't remember anything else.
@TheBackyardChemist6 жыл бұрын
" just scientists using science to go into adventures" I highly recommend the books of Greg Egan then, especially Diaspora, Schild's Ladder, Permutation City and Distress. The orthogonal trilogy might also be of interest to you.
@LordDragon19656 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Niven and Pournelle
@gunsandammo926 жыл бұрын
Not very modern but there's Carl Sagan's Contact
@convergeman78256 жыл бұрын
I think most modern stories that resemble this style would have to involve outer space, or at least not take place on Earth, due to what was already referred to in the video about the world figuratively 'shrinking'. Sadly, this means people are more likely to dismiss 'what if' stories like these as pure fantasy these days, instead of taking the time to seriously consider the implications. Then again, I don't read much these days and I haven't heard of the titles in this comment chain before.
@7Seraphem76 жыл бұрын
I'm right with you, this is what I love Sci-Fi for, the wondrous adventure and the thoughts on the possibilities of technology.
@ReaperOfStories6 жыл бұрын
My senior project in high school was on basically this subject. I loved how Verne created realistic, near future sci-fi, while still keeping an aspect of the fantastic involved. I learned that Verne had personal friends in many of the fields that he covered in his novels, and would tap them for information and ideas for his books. It also seemed like he enjoyed plugging new technologies in his world into his fantastic tales.
@jagvillani3386 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you came back to Paris in the Twentieth Century -- it gets so much of the technological prediction game right that it gave me chills to read and is just as approachable as Fahrenheit 451 in terms of complete dystopian vision.
@blackmage12762 жыл бұрын
I just LOVE it when sci fi authors, like Ray Bradbury, can almost predict our future so well. Its mind boggling
@ezekieltamarkin2806 жыл бұрын
Don't forget that HG Wells was also the creator of Little Wars, one of the first wargames released and that contained thoughts and philosophy about war itself.
@hawkfeather54086 жыл бұрын
I've read Jules Verne before and though he did shove the technology ideas into the readers' faces, it wasn't so much the technology that I read his books for but for the adventure. He was a good adventure story teller.
@Soundwave35916 жыл бұрын
I do hope you'll cover the "Used Sci-Fi" that became characteristic of Star Wars: the idea that even these amazing new technologies can get old and decay, that something as amazing as a starship capable of traveling faster than light could be considered a "Piece of Junk." It is interesting to think about that, especially in this age of such rapid technological progression, something that was state-of-the-art just 10 years ago is today treated as obsolete and useless.
@TheFiresloth6 жыл бұрын
Star Wars never really questions it's science babble, so I'm not sure it can be considered as Sci-Fi. However, there's a nice exemple of what you describe in Jack Vance's Dying Earth novels, where the world is back at a fantasy stage, but most of the magic is explicitly ancient and forgotten science.
@alexanderfortier54886 жыл бұрын
TheFiresloth, exactly. EC even did an episode on this. Star Wars is better categorized as Science Fantasy.
@GhostSamaritan6 жыл бұрын
I would categorize Star Wars as soft sci-fi. The science and the fiction are both there, but they're not the main focus of the story. And the story takes place a long time ago and far away, rather than in the future. It's basically another galaxy with midichlorians which explain the force and all that. Politics is also an important element of Star Wars, as is it for sci-fi.
@lucasdmtube5 жыл бұрын
I like how your all about trains, pretty cool.
@stevenneiman97896 жыл бұрын
Even if I wasn't a sci-fi fan, I think that my life would still have been improved by Jules Verne. His stories must have gotten a lot of scientists, inventors, and engineers interested in their fields, and those people in turn have helped to turn so many of his imagined wonders into reality.
@ElynevanOpzeeland6 жыл бұрын
Jules Verne, HG Wells and Mary Shelley are the ones i have to thank, i love sci-fi and they just launched it I trying to read as many books from them as i can..... I love the books with predictions of the future etc soo much, because a lot from them do come true, and they most of the time have hidden critique on the social situation of that time. I just love their talent with that, i find it really amazing!!!!
@HyoushinKitsune6 жыл бұрын
Hooray, Jules Verne is my favorite author! Frankenstein before and now this? I'm loving this series more all the time.
@Bedinsis6 жыл бұрын
I'v actually read From Earth to the Moon. My favorite moment is at one point when the explorers in the Projectile Rocket realize that they need to drop some cargo, and expresses some doubt to whether they can open the hatchet and throw it out, since there's vacuum outside. Eventually they decide to try it either way, and "they opened so quickly that only a few air molecules slipped out".
@Crosis1016 жыл бұрын
God damn you all, I told you so- H.G. Wells desired epitaph. One of the Most heart wrenching things written by Wells in my opinion is the last chapter of little wars. In the pages of the book he lays out the groundwork for the modern miniatures war game. The last chapter is the plea to humanity to substitute big wars with little wars. Wells was a pacifist after all and he could see a conflict coming on the horizon.
@edwardnigma97566 жыл бұрын
"A dream of Armageddon" is as close to prophetic H.G. Wells got without mentioning specifics of the war to come. It's truly heartwrenching.
@christopheschermesser54406 жыл бұрын
So happy you finally made an episode about J. Verne! To me, he is the author that really set in stone what Sci-fi was going to be, and how an author, to be taken seriously, had better research his science before running amok with it. Verne studied, and studied, and studied so hard, most people would have given up before him. But he was a visionnaire. And from just the ideas of the time, he could extrapolate and make a probable world out of it. This is real sci-fi.Mary Shelly was great, but I would argue that Frankenstein "discovery" was more akin to magically finding a sword than actual science.
@sirquaffler5426 жыл бұрын
Man am I glad you guys talked about Jules Verne, my favorite author and the man who got me into reading as a kid with Journey to the Center of the Earth, still my favorite book to this day. If I ever get around to writing novels, I'll be taking lots of cues on how to write them from Verne.
@shawnheatherly6 жыл бұрын
Nice to have the show cover Verne now. I love hard sci fi, it's so interesting to see how the author imagines technology evolving in time. Thanks to tech's exponential rate of growth, a lot of it is often quite believable.
@MartaTarasiuk6 жыл бұрын
Yes! Finally someone talking about the history of Science Fiction! From my experience, withing many academic and pseudo-academic communities SF is perceived as this new fad that never had any different artistic movements and history. I'm so glad to see someone giving the genre the love it deserves.
@gymnodinium96 жыл бұрын
I had (still have) a big collection of Verne's books, so many good memories. It's paradise for a kid's imagination.
@Gr3EnPi1L696 жыл бұрын
"20,000 leagues under the sea?!? That's impossible! The ocean is only so deep!"
@benjaminholt3316 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the title confused me until I actually read the book.
@jaojao17685 жыл бұрын
They travel around the world (20 000 leagues), it's not the depth
@charlesrosenbauer31356 жыл бұрын
For anyone interested in Poe's scifi works, "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfall" and "Mellonta Tauta" are both great. Also, good to hear 80 Days mentioned! If you haven't played 80 Days, go play it!
@Nemoticon6 жыл бұрын
I read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea almost twice a year. A beautiful little novel that always just takes me away. Although I always skip the endless lists of bony fish, jawed fish, finned fish and all the other types of fish categorised in the book. I'm not such a fan of his other books, but the adventures of Prof.Aronnax at the beck and will of Captain Nemo is just fan-bloody-tastic.
@untruelie26403 жыл бұрын
"Paris in the 20th Century" is a truly astonishing book. Just to give you an idea, here are a few examples of things that Verne predicted in this novel: electric lighting, high speed trains, automobiles with internal combustion engines, pocket calculators, electro music and - hear me out - an early form of the internet (!!!) Mind you that he wrote this in the early 1860s, long before any of these things were invented. He was THE ultimate visionary.
@JoshSweetvale Жыл бұрын
He also predicted that by the mid-20th century, the march of tech will lead artists to become disillusioned with mass media.
@walterr36026 жыл бұрын
Love the shout out to 80 Days, what an amazing game! Meg Jayanth is such a fantastic writer.
@philou62266 жыл бұрын
I speak french (and english) so you talking about jules verne is quite significant thanks Btw I read "tour du monde en 80 jours" and "5 semaines en ballon"
@maximtrenhaile51906 жыл бұрын
Man, this video makes me Verne for more! I'm so, so sorry.
@abelcheng20736 жыл бұрын
Beanpie McBean Don't be. I was depressed before seeing this comment.
@Saberlena6 жыл бұрын
._.
@NCM_Enjoyer6 жыл бұрын
We forgive you.
@matthewdietz49976 жыл бұрын
I would say it’s PUNishment
@samualwatkins6 жыл бұрын
Go to your room!
@cosuinofdeath6 жыл бұрын
Loved his books growing up
@lunawenko9324 Жыл бұрын
My love for sci-fi and especially Steampunk, started with Jules Verne. Specifically Disney‘s 1954 adaptation of 20.000 Leagues under the sea. After watching the movie a few times, I became more interested in reading the actual book. And so, I started reading more of his works. And still, 20.000 Leagues is my favorite book of all time, but all of Verne‘s works are absolutely amazing and a joy to read every single time
@thaym.58226 жыл бұрын
What an amazing video! Jules Vernes is one of my favorite writers since I'm a child!!! Can wait for the next video to discover more authors
@thomashenry47986 жыл бұрын
The first book I ever read was 20k leagues under the sea, journey to the center of the earth, and war of the worlds. War of the works and 20k leagues are my favorites. I read them over and over. Jules Verne and H.G. Wells taught me to read, and to love to read. I have a leather bound copy of 20k leagues on my bookshelf actually.
@Horsin4years6 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize the same man wrote all of those classics.....classics that I really need to read.
@pinkwings80366 жыл бұрын
So much of the Aerospace industry owes its existence to Verne, his works inspired the fathers of the industry. If you want to trace the history of rocketry, you have to come to Jules Verne. He touched Oberth, Goddard, and Tsiolkovsky. Every rocket you have ever seen starts with them, and they started with "From Earth to the Moon". You should read it sometime, its a great book.
@gamedesignwithmichael6 жыл бұрын
I am going to have to get some Jules Verne on audible or something. He is such a prolific inspiration for so many things and always comes up.
@JoshSweetvale Жыл бұрын
In parodying Verne, Poe wrote the first modern _horror travelogue,_ something Lovecraft and the SCP authors following him would eagerly spin into a genre.
@whippy107 Жыл бұрын
I've read and enjoyed Shelley's Frankenstein, but am new to Jules Verne. I have now read his first two books and am enthralled! His writing, though not Shakespearian, is stupid easy to read which is much appreciated! I can't wait to get to his most popular works!
@zackakai5173 Жыл бұрын
5:26 - there's a much better example to use than the shuttle here, since that never went beyond low Earth orbit. The command module of Apollo 11 was also called Columbia.
@sparetime24756 жыл бұрын
Finally 👍 Also the command module of the apollo 11 was also named Columbia
@Wolfeson286 жыл бұрын
Yes, and that Columbia *was* intentionally named after Verne's Columbiad. The space shuttle Columbia, in turn, was named partially for the Apollo 11 CSM and partially for some other previous uses of the name.
@arklestudios6 жыл бұрын
If you guys ever do an episode focused on War of the Worlds, I hope you give a shout to the musical version. I know it's popular in the U.K. (the stage show has been running for years), but it really only has a cult following here in the U.S. and could use more love. My late father and I used to listen to the album every year around Halloween.
@antoinehanako31936 жыл бұрын
If WotW music, then only the original radio one that is from the mid of twenties.
@nebojsag.58716 жыл бұрын
That scared the shit outta me when I listened to it on my mom's ancient gramophone.
@Cephalopod516 жыл бұрын
Don't forget that 20,000 Leagues was one of the first sci-fi books to include battles with ferocious giant squid. While the Disney film has the Nautilus crew battle one enormous squid, the book has the crew battle with packs of 25 footers. That chapter was influenced by the French ship Alecton's encounter with a giant squid. Few sci-fi/horror stories have been able to follow Verne's approach to the giant squid, with the exceptions of Peter Benchley and Michael Crichton.
@davidstarr8536 жыл бұрын
Everything you guys put out is just solid gold. I can't wait until you cover Heinlein. He's my favorite scifi writer.
@ReaverLordTonus6 жыл бұрын
I hope there's going to be more Jules Verne episodes. Gibson and Shelly got way more and JV is the one I treasure most.
@zyaicob6 жыл бұрын
MAHH BOIIIIII JUUUUULLEEEESSS!!!!
@hue_haz6 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait for the next episode!!!! Science fiction is my favorite genre and I’m instrested to learn more about its origins, I knew about jewels Vern but not that he wrote all those classics!!!! I’m excited
@kymelatejasi6 жыл бұрын
Was looking for a Let's Play. Clicked this as soon as I saw it. I LOVE this series!
@leoaucar6 жыл бұрын
I remember 20.000 Leagues being one of the first books I consciously choose to read, Instead of being given to read. At the time I don't think I had the maturity to totally get it, was 8 or 9 years old. But I'm pretty sure it had a long term impact on my love for reading and my fascination with both the deep sea and exploration stories/games.
@lindsayhengehold53412 жыл бұрын
Love Journey to the Center of the Earth and 10,000 Leagues Under the Sea and all of Vernes’s works.
@RonnieFlare176 жыл бұрын
I remember reading Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea at around 8th grade. I was a pretty nerdy kid and my cousin had this shelf of all the most well known or classic science fiction or monster books (The Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, stuff like that) I remember really liking it.
@dandylionwine6 жыл бұрын
I recently found a copy of Paris in the Twentieth Century by pure circumstance, and found it eerily fascinating. Your video was what made my eye catch on it; thanks, EC!
@elgostine6 жыл бұрын
20,000 leagues u8nder the sea was a wonderful listen for me, as a person who studied ecology to listen to how verne described the various taxenomic groups in the 19th century is amazing and its also for me in the modern age, a way to learn about how people in the mid 19th century viewed themselves and other peoples, and also how they spoke im also from australia so it was cool to see how sydney and melbourne linked up with the global trade network.
@FlyingDominion6 жыл бұрын
1:30 I love seeing David drawing the flames on the rocket that he's in.
@CaptQtip6 жыл бұрын
Hey Extra Credits. Because of you guys, I have started reading Frankenstein and i really enjoy it. And I have also recommended you to my history teacher to talk about events in history. I want to say thank you for making these amazing videos with great quality. Your friend -Q. P.S. Dan Floyd is the best
@absurd_impalement6666 жыл бұрын
Joules Verne's literature shaped multiple generations of people. He might be the best sci-fi writer of all time.
@herbertkeithmiller5 жыл бұрын
For the first time since starting the Sci - Fi collection i had to look up a story you mentioned. the novella Nova is now on my reading list. Thank you.
@EmjiAmsdaughter6 жыл бұрын
I really like Jules Verne. I read "Journey to the center of the Earth" a couple of years ago, and I absolutely loved it. (I even managed to write a satisfying book report on it! Amazing!) I've also read "Around the world in 80 days", and listened to "Twenty thousand leagues under the sea".
@theamazingandtalentedblake82964 жыл бұрын
I read all three of those books and I enjoyed them as well as their movie adaptations
@grfrjiglstan6 жыл бұрын
I loved 20,000 leagues when I was a kid. The science seemed so up-to-date and sensible, I didn't even realize how long ago it was written until much later.
@jackkraken38886 жыл бұрын
I love these little snippets of Sci-Fi lore, very well done. One thing I don't get is why hasn't anyone made some abridged versions of these Sci-Fi stories on video? I would love to see a 30 min to 1 hour version of 20 000 leagues under the sea.
@woodencoyote43726 жыл бұрын
I'm very excited for this series! I hope when you get to early film you'll give a mention to 'Frau im Mond'. I know 'Metropolis' is arguably Lang's most famous work of science fiction, but whereas that film is written as a parable, 'Frau' feels much more grounded in realism, both in the technical method of getting a rocket to the moon but also the strengths and failings of the people involved (even amidst all the optimism there's even a nod to the deep privations of German after WWI and the foreigners who came ot take advantage of it's ruined economy).
@satyasyasatyasya57466 жыл бұрын
Would be amazing to see a *Star Trek TNG* EC episode. I know its a TV show but damn, some of their episodes are just so damn amazing!!!
@jimkirk98906 жыл бұрын
I would argue that TNG varies too much from "The possible" and too little from most other SCi-Fi produced during its time. TOS is worth discussing a bit more tho, imo.
@PangolinMontanari6 жыл бұрын
Yes... But, consider that excellence of form and art is not the same as being an important milestone for change IN that art. I love TNG and even TOS, but the principles of Star Trek, of envisioning the implications of hypothetical technologies and commenting on the social conditions of the day, are not unique or even new to it. I may be wrong; I would like to see newer media covered in this series too. But mastery of craft is not exactly what this series SEEMS to be about so far.
@OriginalPiMan6 жыл бұрын
Star Trek is a mid-strength sci-fi. Not as soft as Star Wars, because Trek always tries to provide a (mostly) internally consistent science framework. Not as hard as much of Verne, because they know they are inventing that fictional framework themselves.
@7Seraphem76 жыл бұрын
How could you do a series on Sci-Fi and NOT address Star Trek?
@Milnoc6 жыл бұрын
I would argue that it varies too much from "the possible" to "the extra cheesy." :-)
@Dauntless20006 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, Paris in the Twentieth Century was found in a bank that went through both world wars. Also you should respect his publisher, Verne’s most popular work was edited to be less dark, but his work slowly became darker as time went on and his publisher died. If you want to see what I mean, after reading 20,000 leagues under the sea, try the similar Roubur the Conqueror see a similar character but in a darker tone.
@blackwolf6716 жыл бұрын
Need to give props to who-ever did the art at 4:31. Now I have to go back and listen to the theme from In the mouth of madness again.
@GREENSP0RE6 жыл бұрын
This series is so good. Glad you settled on doing it.
@verdatum6 жыл бұрын
Genuinely surprised you didn't cover Jules Verne sooner. Still slightly surprised you haven't gone into HG Wells. Stillll, this series has been way more engrossing than I would've guessed, so, I trust y'all!
@razzmatazz19744 жыл бұрын
The cryptography on Journey to the centre of the Earth is a quite obvious reference to one of Verne's favourite authors, Poe. He even sent Poe fanmail when he was younger.
@ethantemple5066 жыл бұрын
Great video. One question: when will u do 1984?
@claytonbenignus46886 жыл бұрын
You are right about Jules Verne last novel about a dystopia. Imagine the faces of Julian Huxley or George Orwell had they had a chance to read it. I will add the The Sphinx of the Ice Fields, Verne's sequel to Edgar Allen Poe's Arthur Gordon Pym, is an early example of how Scifi and Gothic blend together. Finally, the Begum's Fortune was an interesting look at Franco-Germanic Politics, the plot revolving around the culturally inclined City of Frankville and her militaristic neighbor Stahlstat 30 miles away in possession of a Super-cannon pointed straight at Frankville.
@enzosantos12543 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU I NEEDED THIS FOR A SCHOOL PROJECT SO THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
@maxtitko91065 жыл бұрын
4:36 - objects 1 and 3 are well known, but is object 2 Robert Sheklie's "Eryx" or something else? (sorry for mistakes, English is not my native language)
@rasmusn.e.m10646 жыл бұрын
Verne was one of the first adult authors that I read. I remember being very afraid of Cpt. Nemo. Especially because he was so nice to the protagonist (can't remember his name.) To me Jules Verne was like a good version of Dan Brown or Ken Follett: He had the overgeekery of both of these, but cool and varied stories, aswell as decent language.
@senorsombrero12756 жыл бұрын
Verne and Wells, two of my favorite authors.
@woxof466 жыл бұрын
Advice from a massive Jules Vern fan: if you want to know who Captain Nemo really is and what happens to himself and the great Nautilus, read "The Mysterious Island". It's a good book, the story itself is awesome, AND it includes the mighty Nautilus!! Spoiler alert; the island explodes
@Konree6 жыл бұрын
Not many know this, but Captain Nemo was a Polish revolutionary in the first draft of 20000 leagues under the sea. You can see some remains of this in the published version. For example, sailors at the Nautilus speak a weird language, never heard by any of the main characters, also there is a portrait of Thaddeus Kościuszko in Captain's room. Verne also gives it a lot of time and describes it to the reader (he didn't describe any other portrait). Verne wanted to end with Captain's nationality revealed, but publisher wanted him to delete this chapter, because it could spark a tension between France and Russia. So when it came to finally reveal captain's nationality, they made him an anti-british indian.
@muraalia6 жыл бұрын
I read Verne's books in elementary school. I'm not sure why, I don't really remember anymore, maybe I just liked picking up the oldest looking books in the school library. :D But I do remember I liked them. :)
@harvwittii47484 жыл бұрын
All of theses books, were Awesome!!!! Incredible books 📖
@timsmith6186 жыл бұрын
5:38 I notice you point out the Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia, but not the rather more relevant Apollo 11 Command/Service Module Columbia.
@sirrliv6 жыл бұрын
Nice look at Verne's career and influence. Fun fact: In the original Around the World in 80 Days, not once is a hot air balloon ever mentioned. That wouldn't be added until (I believe) the 1956 feature film adaptation starring David Niven, and would be taken as an essential element ever since. Seriously looking forward to your episode on HG Wells, my favorite early sci-fi author. Here's hoping you take a moment for some of his lesser known works, particularly The Land Ironclads, which both predicted the development of tanks and commented on the division of the smart but meek and the strong yet brutish. Finally, I'm dearly hoping you chaps will take an episode, or even part of one to talk about the extraordinary influence of Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
@vetgirig42096 жыл бұрын
The balloon is from the mysteries island - which is the second part of Vernes stories about Nemo.
@111Cmonster6 жыл бұрын
Robert silverberg's anthology "phases of the moon" goes into the shift from pulp sci-fi to more modern sci-fi from the writers perspective of writing stories that would sell.
@Raygathex6 жыл бұрын
Im excited for this! And I cant wait to see the one on Wells!!! War of the Worlds is my favorite book!
@tom4ivo6 жыл бұрын
I hope you don't neglect Edgar Rice Burroughs. He wrote the first pulp Sci-Fi, so many critics dismiss him, and publishers rejected his attempts at writing above that level, but it's important to remember that he created both the civilization on another planet genre AND the superman genre. Not only did his books inspire many a boy to believe they could grow up to be someone special (and sometimes they did), but they also inspired writers and film makers to produce stories about people who grew up to be someone special. Like Superman, Batman, and Luke Skywalker. His influence cannot be overstated; can you imagine what science fiction would have been like without "A Princess of Mars"?
@badtimesbard6 жыл бұрын
I'm really looking forward to seeing Extra Credit's opinion on Dune by Frank Herbert. There have been quite a few nods towards it through the sci-fi series, and I really hope it gets the whole episode to itself that it deserves
@MichaelSHartman6 жыл бұрын
One of the better videos that I have seen.
@Scarybug6 жыл бұрын
It's maybe worth mentioning that there is no hot air balloon or dirigible travel in Around the World in 80 Days, but the cover illustrators often put one on the published copies so people assume there is.
@Sordatos6 жыл бұрын
I always loved that FFVIII used Jule's idea a riding a giant bullet shot from a cannon to escape Earth's atmosphere...hell they even used part of Space Odyssey 2010 ST for the space portion
@slothbaby21046 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making a video about my favorite author in the world
@ian-nator26856 жыл бұрын
Here in Johor we learned about “Journey to the Centre of the Earth” in middle school so learning about the man who created it is damn cool.
@TheCreepypro6 жыл бұрын
I thought it was funny that you started with Shelley instead of Verne but since I'm a fan of both I didn't mind it so much now what does interest me is the book you mentioned at the end I have never heard of Paris in the Twentieth Century I'm definitely going to look that up thank you Extra Credits for making an old fan feel excited over one of his favorite authors again!
@QwertyuiopThePie6 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to all of his works on Librivox lately, but it looks like I'll have to get this one elsewhere. Since it was published in 1994, it's not yet in the public domain.
@lorenzogarompolo80746 жыл бұрын
I'm really loving this series so far. Waiting for H. P. Lovecraft episode
@tysonkk90846 жыл бұрын
This series inspired me to read the Martian Chroncles and I have to say it is amazing
@sizanogreen99006 жыл бұрын
lovin this series
@ryanburnsed56906 жыл бұрын
Loving the Lovecraftian characters and references, I almost missed the Migo! Loving these episodes, and am dying for an H. P. episode at some point, but I’ll be patient :) Keep up the awesome work!