Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to the art of story telling -- in prose and poetry, in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of February 8th
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It is the 39th day of the year, leaving 326 days remaining in 2022.
He is perhaps best known for his Voyages extraordinaires, a collection of more than 60 novels and short stories that combined adventurous travel tales with "scientific fiction." The stories, written over a period of 40 years and including most of Verne's oeuvre, were enormously popular. Many were adapted, with Verne's help and approval, for the theater.
They covered tales of exploration and the dangers of technology. One, his second novel, 1994: Paris in the 20th Century, spoke of a future dystopian society and was not widely accepted.
But by and large, Verne's writings were enchanting, emphasizing science and its possibilities, and showing man's travels to be audacious and inspiring. Around the World in Eighty Days told of a trip Phileas Fogg took on a whim to win a bet -- despite being followed by police and encountering misadventures along the way.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (written in 1869-70) shows Captain Nemo seeking a mysterious sea monster in the then-futuristic submarine, the Natilus. Journey to the Center of the Earth follows a German scientist who believes volcanic tubes will guide him to, well, the center of the earth.
Verne, who during his life traveled extensively, died in 1907 in Amiens, France.
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