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The Jules Verne Sci-Fi Omnibus - Extraordinary Tales of Fantastical Adventures, Scientific Wonders & Incredibly Prophetic Inventions (Illustrated)
Table of Contents
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Preface
CHAPTER I. The Professor And His Family
CHAPTER II. A Mystery To Be Solved At Any Price
CHAPTER III. The Runic Writing Exercises The Professor
CHAPTER IV. The Enemy To Be Starved Into Submission
CHAPTER V. Famine, Then Victory, Followed By Dismay
CHAPTER VI. Exciting Discussions About An Unparalleled Enterprise
CHAPTER VII. A Woman’s Courage
CHAPTER VIII. Serious Preparations For Vertical Descent
CHAPTER IX. Iceland! But What Next?
CHAPTER X. Interesting Conversations With Icelandic Savants
CHAPTER XI. A Guide Found To The Centre Of The Earth
CHAPTER XII. A Barren Land
CHAPTER XIII. Hospitality Under The Arctic Circle
CHAPTER XIV. But Arctics Can Be Inhospitable, Too
CHAPTER XV. Snæfell At Last
CHAPTER XVI. Boldly Down The Crater
CHAPTER XVII. Vertical Descent
CHAPTER XVIII. The Wonders Of Terrestrial Depths
CHAPTER XIX. Geological Studies In Situ
CHAPTER XX. The First Signs Of Distress
CHAPTER XXI. Compassion Fuses The Professor’s Heart
CHAPTER XXII. Total Failure Of Water
CHAPTER XXIII. Water Discovered
CHAPTER XXIV. Well Said, Old Mole! Canst Thou Work I’ The Ground So Fast?
CHAPTER XXV. De Profundis
CHAPTER XXVI. The Worst Peril Of All
CHAPTER XXVII. Lost In The Bowels Of The Earth
CHAPTER XXVIII. The Rescue In The Whispering Gallery
CHAPTER XXIX. Thalatta! Thalatta!
CHAPTER XXX. A New Mare Internum
CHAPTER XXXI. Preparations For A Voyage Of Discovery
CHAPTER XXXII. Wonders Of The Deep
CHAPTER XXXIII. A Battle Of Monsters
CHAPTER XXXIV. The Great Geyser
CHAPTER XXXV. An Electric Storm
CHAPTER XXXVI. Calm Philosophic Discussions
CHAPTER XXXVII. The Liedenbrock Museum Of Geology
CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Professor In His Chair Again
CHAPTER XXXIX. Forest Scenery Illuminated By Eletricity
CHAPTER XL. Preparations For Blasting A Passage To The Centre Of The Earth
CHAPTER XLI. The Great Explosion And The Rush Down Below
CHAPTER XLII. Headlong Speed Upward Through The Horrors Of Darkness
CHAPTER XLIII. Shot Out Of A Volcano At Last!
CHAPTER XLIV. Sunny Lands In The Blue Mediterranean
CHAPTER XLV. All’s Well That Ends Well
The Mysterious Island (1875)
Part I: Dropped from the Clouds
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
Part II: The Abandoned
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Part III: The Secret of the Island
Chapter One.
Chapter Two.
Chapter Three.
Chapter Four.
Chapter Five.
Chapter Six.
Chapter Seven.
Chapter Eight.
Chapter Nine.
Chapter Ten.
Chapter Eleven.
Chapter Twelve.
Chapter Thirteen.
Chapter Fourteen.
Chapter Fifteen.
Chapter Sixteen.
Chapter Seventeen.
Chapter Eighteen.
Chapter Nineteen.
Chapter Twenty.
From the Earth to the Moon
CHAPTER I. The Gun Club.
CHAPTER II. President Barbicane’s Communication.
CHAPTER III. Effect of President Barbicane’s Communication.
CHAPTER IV. Answer from the Cambridge Observatory.
CHAPTER V. The Romance of the Moon.
CHAPTER VI. What it is Impossible to Ignore and What is No Longer Allowed to Be Believed in the United States.
CHAPTER VII. The Hymn of the Cannonball.
CHAPTER VIII. History of the Cannon.
CHAPTER IX. The Question of Powders.
CHAPTER X. One Enemy Against Twenty-Five Millions of Friends.
CHAPTER XI. Florida and Texas.
CHAPTER XII. “Urbi et Orbi.”
CHAPTER XIII. Stony Hill.
CHAPTER XIV. Pickaxe and Trowel.
CHAPTER XV. The Ceremony of the Casting.
CHAPTER XVI. The Columbiad.
CHAPTER XVII. A Telegram.
CHAPTER XVIII. The Passenger of the Atlanta.
CHAPTER XIX. A Meeting.
CHAPTER XX. Thrust and Parry.
CHAPTER XXI. How a Frenchman Settles an Affair.
CHAPTER XXII. The New Citizen of the United States.
CHAPTER XXIII. The Projectile Compartment.
CHAPTER XXIV. The Telescope of the Rocky Mountains.
CHAPTER XXV. Final Details.
CHAPTER XXVI. Fire!
CHAPTER XXVII. Cloudy Weather.
CHAPTER XXVIII. A New Star.
Around the Moon (A Sequel to From the Earth to the Moon)
PRELIMINARY CHAPTER, Resuming the First Part of the Work and Serving as an Introduction to the Second.
CHAPTER I. From 10 P.M. to 10 46' 40''.
CHAPTER II. The First Half Hour.
CHAPTER III. They Make Themselves at Home and Feel Quite Comfortable.
CHAPTER IV. A Chapter for the Cornell Girls.
CHAPTER V. The Colds of Space.
CHAPTER VI. Instructive Conversation.
CHAPTER VII. A High Old Time.
CHAPTER VIII. The Neutral Point.
CHAPTER IX. A Little Off the Track.
CHAPTER X. The Observers of the Moon.
CHAPTER XI. Fact and Fancy.
CHAPTER XII. A Bird's Eye View of the Lunar Mountains.
CHAPTER XIII. Lunar Landscapes
CHAPTER XIV. A Night of Fifteen Days.
CHAPTER XV. Glimpses at the Invisible.
CHAPTER XVI. The Southern Hemisphere.
CHAPTER XVII. Tycho.
CHAPTER XVIII. Puzzling Questions.
CHAPTER XIX. In Every Fight, The Impossible Wins.
CHAPTER XX. Off the Pacific Coast.
CHAPTER XXI. News for Marston!
CHAPTER XXII. On the Wings of the Wind.
CHAPTER XXIII. The Club Men Go A Fishing.
CHAPTER XXIV. Farewell to the Baltimore Gun Club.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
PART ONE
CHAPTER I A Shifting Reef
CHAPTER II Pro and Con
CHAPTER III I Form My Resolution
CHAPTER IV Ned Land
CHAPTER V At a Venture
CHAPTER VI At Full Steam
CHAPTER VII An Unknown Species of Whale
CHAPTER VIII Mobilis in Mobili
CHAPTER IX Ned Land's Tempers
CHAPTER X The Man of the Seas
CHAPTER XI All By Electricity
CHAPTER XII SOME FIGURES
CHAPTER XIII The Black River
CHAPTER XIV A Note of Invitation
CHAPTER XV A Walk on the Bottom of the Sea
CHAPTER XVI A Submarine Forest
CHAPTER XVII Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific
CHAPTER XVIII Vanikoro
CHAPTER XIX Torres Straits
CHAPTER XX A Few Days on Land
CHAPTER XXI Captain Nemo's Thunderbolt
CHAPTER XXII "Aegri Somnia"
CHAPTER XXIII The Coral Kingdom
PART TWO
CHAPTER I The Indian Ocean
CHAPTER II A Novel Proposal of Captain Nemo's
CHAPTER III A Pearl of Ten Millions
CHAPTER IV The Red Sea
CHAPTER V The Arabian Tunnel
CHAPTER VI The Grecian Archipelago
CHAPTER VII The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours
CHAPTER VIII Vigo Bay
CHAPTER IX A Vanished Continent
CHAPTER X The Submarine Coal-Mines
CHAPTER XI The Sargasso Sea
CHAPTER XII Cachalots and Whales
CHAPTER XIII The Iceberg
CHAPTER XIV The South Pole
CHAPTER XV Accident or Incident?
CHAPTER XVI Want of Air
CHAPTER XVII From Cape Horn to the Amazon
CHAPTER XVIII The Poulps
CHAPTER XIX The Gulf Stream
CHAPTER XX From Latitude 47° 24' to Longitude 17° 28'
CHAPTER XXI A Hecatomb
CHAPTER XXII The Last Words of Captain Nemo
CHAPTER XXIII Conclusion
Doctor Ox’s Experiment or, A Fantasy of Dr Ox
CHAPTER I. How It Is Useless To Seek, Even On The Best Maps, For The Small Town Of Quiquendone.
CHAPTER II. In Which The Burgomaster Van Tricasse And The Counsellor Niklausse Consult About The Affairs Of The Town.
CHAPTER III. In Which The Commissary Passauf Enters As Noisily As Unexpectedly.
CHAPTER IV. In Which Doctor Ox Reveals Himself As A Physiologist Of The First Rank, And As An Audacious Experimentalist.
CHAPTER V. In Which The Burgomaster And The Counsellor Pay A Visit To Doctor Ox, And What Follows.
CHAPTER VI. In Which Frantz Niklausse And Suzel Van Tricasse Form Certain Projects For The Future.
CHAPTER VII. In Which The Andantes Become Allegros, And The Allegros Vivaces.
CHAPTER VIII. In Which The Ancient And Solemn German Waltz Becomes A Whirlwind.
CHAPTER IX. In Which Doctor Ox And Ygène, His Assistant, Say A Few Words.
CHAPTER X. In Which It Will Be Seen That The Epidemic Invades The Entire Town, And What Effect It Produces.
CHAPTER XI. In Which The Quiquendonians Adopt A Heroic Resolution.
CHAPTER XII. In Which Ygène, The Assistant, Gives A Reasonable Piece Of Advice, Which Is Eagerly Rejected By Doctor Ox.
CHAPTER XIII. In Which It Is Once More Proved That By Taking High Ground All Human Littlenesses May Be Overlooked.
CHAPTER XIV. In Which Matters Go So Far That The Inhabitants Of Quiquendone, The Reader, And Even The Author, Demand An Immediate Dénouement.
CHAPTER XV. In Which The Dénouement Takes Place.
CHAPTER XVI. In Which The Intelligent Reader Sees That He Has Guessed Correctly, Despite All The Author's Precautions.
CHAPTER XVII. In Which Doctor Ox's Theory Is Explained.
Off on a Comet
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I. A Challenge
CHAPTER II. Captain Servadac and His Orderly
CHAPTER III. Interrupted Effusions
CHAPTER IV. A Convulsion of Nature
CHAPTER V. A Mysterious Sea
CHAPTER VI. The Captain Makes an Exploration
CHAPTER VII. Ben Zoof Watches in Vain
CHAPTER VIII. Venus in Perilous Proximity
CHAPTER IX. Inquiries Unsatisfied
CHAPTER X. A Search for Algeria
CHAPTER XI. An Island Tomb
CHAPTER XII. At the Mercy of the Winds
CHAPTER XIII. A Royal Salute
CHAPTER XIV. Sensitive Nationality
CHAPTER XV. An Enigma from the Sea
CHAPTER XVI. The Residuum of a Continent
CHAPTER XVII. A Second Enigma
CHAPTER XVIII. An Unexpected Population
CHAPTER XIX. Gallia’s Governor General
CHAPTER XX. A Light on the Horizon
CHAPTER XXI. Winter Quarters
CHAPTER XXII. A Frozen Ocean
CHAPTER XXIII. A Carrier-Pigeon
CHAPTER XXIV. A Sledge-Ride
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I. The Astronomer
CHAPTER II. A Revelation
CHAPTER III. The Professor’s Experiences
CHAPTER IV. A Revised Calendar
CHAPTER V. Wanted: A Steelyard
CHAPTER VI. Money at a Premium
CHAPTER VII. Gallia Weighed
CHAPTER VIII. Jupiter Somewhat Close
CHAPTER IX Market Prices in Gallia
CHAPTER X. Far Into Space
CHAPTER XI. A Fete Day
CHAPTER XII. The Bowels of the Comet
CHAPTER XIII. Dreary Months
CHAPTER XIV. The Professor Perplexed
CHAPTER XV. A Journey and a Disappointment
CHAPTER XVI. A Bold Proposition
CHAPTER XVII. The Venture Made
CHAPTER XVIII. Suspense
CHAPTER XIX. Back Again
The Steam House
BOOK ONE The Demon of Cawnpore
CHAPTER I. “Two Thousand Pounds For A Head.”
CHAPTER II. Colonel Munro.
CHAPTER III. The Sepoy Revolt.
CHAPTER IV. Deep In The Caves Of Ellora.
CHAPTER V. The Iron Giant.
CHAPTER VI. First Stages.
CHAPTER VII. The Pilgrims Of The Phalgou River.
CHAPTER VIII. A Few Hours At Benares.
CHAPTER IX. Allahabad.
CHAPTER X. Via Dolorosa.
CHAPTER XI. The Monsoon.
CHAPTER XII. Three-fold Light.
CHAPTER XIII. Captain Hood’s Prowess.
CHAPTER XIV. One Against Three.
CHAPTER XV. The Pâl Of Tandit.
CHAPTER XVI. Roving Flame.
BOOK TWO Tigers and Traitors
CHAPTER I. Our Sanatarium.
CHAPTER II. Mathias Van Guitt.
CHAPTER III. The Kraal.
CHAPTER IV. A Queen Of The Terrai.
CHAPTER V. A Night Attack.
CHAPTER VI. Mathias Van Guitt’s Farewell.
CHAPTER VII. Passage Of The Bettwa.
CHAPTER VIII. Hood Versus Banks.
CHAPTER IX. A Hundred Against One.
CHAPTER X. Lake Puturia.
CHAPTER XI. Face To Face.
CHAPTER XII. At The Cannon’s Mouth.
CHAPTER XIII. Behemoth!
CHAPTER XIV. Captain Hood’s Fiftieth Tiger.
Express of the Future
The Purchase of the North Pole or, Topsy Turvy (1889)
CHAPTER I In Which The North Polar Practical Association Rushes a Document Across Two Worlds
CHAPTER II In Which the Delegates from England, Holland, Sweden, Denmark And Russia Are Presented to the Reader.
CHAPTER III In Which the Arctic Regions are Sold at Auction to the Highest Bidder.
CHAPTER IV In Which Old Acquaintances Appear to Our New Readers, and in Which a Wonderful Man is Described.
CHAPTER V In which the possibility that coal mines surround the north pole is considered.
CHAPTER VI In Which a Telephone Communication Between Mrs. Scorbitt and J.T. Maston is Interrupted
CHAPTER VII In Which President Barbicane Says No More Than Suits His Purpose.
CHAPTER VIII Yes, Just Like Jupiter.
CHAPTER IX In Which Appears the French Gentleman to Whom We Referred at the Beginning of this Truthful Story.
CHAPTER X In Which a Little Uneasiness Begins to Show Itself.
CHAPTER XI What Was Found in the Notebook of J.T. Maston and What It No Longer Contained.
CHAPTER XII In Which J.T. Maston Heroically Continues to Be Silent.
CHAPTER XIII At the Close of Which J.T. Maston Utters an Epigram.
CHAPTER XIV Very Short, But in Which “X” Takes a Geographical Value.
CHAPTER XV Which Contains a Few Interesting Details for the Inhabitants of the Earthly Sphere.
CHAPTER XVI In Which a Crowd of Dissatisfied People Break Into the Cell of J. T. Maston.
CHAPTER XVII What Had Been Done at Kilimanjaro During Eight Month of this Memorable Year.
CHAPTER XVIII In Which the Population of Wamasai Assemble to Hear President Barbicane Say “fire” to Capt. Nicholl.
CHAPTER XIX In Which J.T. Maston Regrets that the Crowd Did Not Lynch Him When He was in Prison.
CHAPTER XX In Which this Story, as Truthful as it is Improbable, is Finished.
CHAPTER XXI Very Short, Since Enough has been Said to Make the World’s Population Feel Perfectly Sure Again.
Robur the Conqueror or, The Clipper of the Clouds
CHAPTER I. Mysterious Sounds
CHAPTER II. Agreement Impossible
CHAPTER III. A Visitor is Announced
CHAPTER IV. In Which a New Character Appears
CHAPTER V. Another Disappearance
CHAPTER VI. The President and Secretary Suspend Hostilities
CHAPTER VII. On Board the Albatross
CHAPTER VIII. The Balloonists Refuse to Be Convinced
CHAPTER IX. Across the Prairie
CHAPTER X. Westward—But Whither?
CHAPTER XI. The Wide Pacific
CHAPTER XII. Through the Himalayas
CHAPTER XIII. Over the Caspian
CHAPTER XIV. The Aeronef at Full Speed
CHAPTER XV. A Skirmish in Dahomey
CHAPTER XVI. Over the Atlantic
CHAPTER XVII. The Shipwrecked Crew
CHAPTER XVIII. Over the Volcano
CHAPTER XIX. Anchored at Last
CHAPTER XX. The Wreck of the Albatross
CHAPTER XXI. The Institute Again
CHAPTER XXII. The Go-Ahead is Launched
CHAPTER XXIII. The Grand Collapse
The Master of the World (A Sequel to Robur the Conqueror)
Chapter 1 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MOUNTAINS
Chapter 2 I REACH MORGANTON
Chapter 3 THE GREAT EYRIE
Chapter 4 A MEETING OF THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB
Chapter 5 ALONG THE SHORES OF NEW ENGLAND
Chapter 6 THE FIRST LETTER
Chapter 7 A THIRD MACHINE
Chapter 8 AT ANY COST
Chapter 9 THE SECOND LETTER
Chapter 10 OUTSIDE THE LAW
Chapter 11 THE CAMPAIGN
Chapter 12 BLACK ROCK CREEK
Chapter 13 ON BOARD THE TERROR
Chapter 14 NIAGARA
Chapter 15 THE EAGLE’S NEST
Chapter 16 ROBUR, THE CONQUEROR
Chapter 17 IN THE NAME OF THE LAW
Chapter 18 THE OLD HOUSEKEEPER’S LAST COMMENT
The Castle of the Carpathians
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
In The Year 2889
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