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    The Master of the World
    The Master of the World
    The Master of the World
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    The Master of the World

    By Jules Verne

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateMar 1, 1997
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    Jules Verne

    Victor Marie Hugo (1802–1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement and is considered one of the greatest French writers. Hugo’s best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchbak of Notre-Dame, 1831, both of which have had several adaptations for stage and screen.

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    • 2/5
      This was another one of Verne's lesser works. Although the plot was somewhat interesting, the writing came across as a bit stale and old-fashioned and the plotting was not as strong as it could have been. Even for myself, who likes Verne, I don't think this is a very impressive novel.2 stars.
    • 3/5
      Master of the World is a short novel published in 1904 by Jules Verne, shortly before his death. The story begins with a series of unexplained mysteries that are occurring all over the United States. On the roads of America, a road vehicle, traveling much faster than thought possible, is sighted in various areas of the country. At the same time, mysterious events are taking place on the oceans of the world. This opening is somewhat reminiscent of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea which Verne had written more than three decades earlier. The narrator and protagonist is Mr. John Strock who is an investigator for the federal police department of the United States. Sent to North Carolina, Strock is investigating the lights that has been inexplicably occurring in the sky above the Blue Ridge Mountains. He attempts to identify the source of the lights, but due to impassable ridges, he is unable to approach the source. However, he concludes that it is not likely that there will be an imminent volcanic eruption and the citizens around the area are in no danger. The action proceeds to heat up from this point.This short novel has long been recognized as a prophetic science fiction classic as well as an exciting adventure tale. It is surely worthy of standing with Verne's better known tales of fantasy and adventure.
    • 3/5
      One of the lesser known Verne works and somewhat of a follow up to" Robur the Conqueror".Unlike "Robur", the protagonist is fairly likeable. "Robur" is almost a travelogue - The antagonist, Robur, appears quickly. In "Master", the story is more of a mystery - Robur appears at the end of the story. In this it is somewhat like Nemo's appearance in "Mysterious Island", though "Master" is certainly not up to its story-telling and depth.I enjoyed reading it as a technological mystery. It does not have the foretelling of "Robur" but I don't think that was the intent. Verne is simply recycling a character because he needs a genius antagonist. Just read and enjoy for what it is.
    • 3/5
      Another good read from Verne! This one was his final novel written in 1904 and is actually a sequel to an earlier novel called The Clipper of the Clouds (aka Robur the Conqueror). I only discovered this when part way through I found out the name of the antagonist-Robur! The great inventor Robur zooms across the Americas in first a car that can travel at least 150 miles per hour, putting the current speed of about 80 m.p.h to shame in a car race! Then an equally fast boat is seen; later still a submarine, and then an airplane! The protagonist of this story, Strock, a police investigator, soon gets the idea that these 3 vehicles are one and the same.In the previous story, Robur determined to show to the world that heavier-than-air craft was the way forward, and during an exposition in which a great air balloon was shown to the world, Robur produced his offering, a dirigible type craft propelled not by lighter-than-air gas but by engines with propellers (air screws), and with this he overtook the balloon causing its occupants to crash to the ground. This event is alluded to in this later work as a kind of re-cap. Not having read the earlier book it was a bit of a surprise but having said that I didnt feel that I should need to have read that earlier work-the work stands alone!Anyway I found the book quite entertaining and fast paced and is my third Verne novel so far.
    • 3/5
      This was Verne's last literary effort, and it is a weak replay of Captain Nemo. Published in 1904, Verne died in 1905.

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