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- catalog abstract "Drawing on previously unpublished letters and papers, Herbert R. Lottman reveals Jules Verne, the pioneer of the science fiction genre and the uncannily accurate forecaster of twentieth-century invention, in an entirely new light. In this groundbreaking biography, Lottman explores the dark, private side of the visionary writer. In his long-lost novel, Paris in the Twentieth Century (published in France in 1994, and in the United States in early 1997), Verne predicted a. World filled with both technological achievements and monstrosities: cars, fax machines, synthesizers, computers, mass transit, and the electric chair. With uncharacteristic mistrust, Verne simultaneously marveled at the inventions and despaired at what drove people to create them. It is this elusive, disillusioned aspect of Verne that Herbert Lottman captures here. Tracing Verne's life from his childhood in Nantes to his self-imposed exile outside of Paris as an adult. Lottman sketches a vivid portrait of the man. Lottman brings to light for the first time Verne's secret struggles with his constant wanderlust, his unhappy marriage, his rebellious son, and his overbearing editor-publisher, Pierre-Jules Hetzel.".
- catalog contributor b10048920.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Drawing on previously unpublished letters and papers, Herbert R. Lottman reveals Jules Verne, the pioneer of the science fiction genre and the uncannily accurate forecaster of twentieth-century invention, in an entirely new light. In this groundbreaking biography, Lottman explores the dark, private side of the visionary writer. In his long-lost novel, Paris in the Twentieth Century (published in France in 1994, and in the United States in early 1997), Verne predicted a.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Lottman sketches a vivid portrait of the man. Lottman brings to light for the first time Verne's secret struggles with his constant wanderlust, his unhappy marriage, his rebellious son, and his overbearing editor-publisher, Pierre-Jules Hetzel.".
- catalog description "World filled with both technological achievements and monstrosities: cars, fax machines, synthesizers, computers, mass transit, and the electric chair. With uncharacteristic mistrust, Verne simultaneously marveled at the inventions and despaired at what drove people to create them. It is this elusive, disillusioned aspect of Verne that Herbert Lottman captures here. Tracing Verne's life from his childhood in Nantes to his self-imposed exile outside of Paris as an adult.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Nantes versus Paris -- pt. 2. The writer -- pt. 3. The publisher -- pt. 4. Extraordinary voyages -- pt. 5. Celebrity -- pt. 6. To paint the earth.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 366 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0312146361".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : St. Martin's Press,".
- catalog subject "843/.8 B 20".
- catalog subject "Authors, French 19th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "PQ2469.Z5 L65 1997".
- catalog subject "Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 Biography.".
- catalog subject "Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Nantes versus Paris -- pt. 2. The writer -- pt. 3. The publisher -- pt. 4. Extraordinary voyages -- pt. 5. Celebrity -- pt. 6. To paint the earth.".
- catalog title "Jules Verne : an exploratory biography / by Herbert R. Lottman.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".