This is a clever and good book. The townspeople were simple, conservative, quiet, and slow-paced. But because of Dr. Ox's experiment, they are transformed into the opposite. It has a happy ending in which they are transformed back into their original selves.

This is obviously not one of Jules Verne's best known stories, but it is fun. A "mad scientist" visits a sleepy town and, under the appearances of setting up gas lighting for the town, instead performs an experiment on the townspeople, turning them into frenetic lunatics. OK, so what is proposed wouldn't work in reality; neither would firing a cannon to the moon. However, it is a fun story.

Verne has done it again! Another action packed interesting book about exploring a comet in outer space. I couldnt put it down!

In A Family Without a Name and A Family Without A Name: Into the Abyss (1889), Jules Verne's Canadian novels dealing with the vexed problem of Quebec, which the book shows he had thoroughly researched, the dramatic adventures of the hero, Jean, in his fight for freedom, have caused the work to be compared to that of the great J. Fenimore Cooper.

In A Family Without a Name and A Family Without A Name: Into the Abyss (1889), Jules Verne's Canadian novels dealing with the vexed problem of Quebec, which the book shows he had thoroughly researched, the dramatic adventures of the hero, Jean, in his fight for freedom, have caused the work to be compared to that of the great J. Fenimore Cooper.

This book is very exiting because ti makes you fell like you are really inside the book i would recomended for kids from 9 years old to adult

The title to the review may seem a bit harsh, but that is the situation that Joam Dacosta faces while on trial: he has been condemned to death, the judge isn't very friendly, and Joam has no real material proofs in his hands. However, a document turns up from a villain, Torres, in the form of a challenging cryptogram that leaves the judge, a expert on and lover of word puzzles, completely at a loss for a solution, and the only two people who can solve it are dead! Regardless of how the judge tries, he can't solve it. It wouldn't be wise, however, to tell if the judge finally gets a solution, so I won't.

As an admirer of Verne's works, I must say that this one (this is only part two of _The Giant Raft_, though) is very impressive at how he creates suspense by putting the characters through a harrowing experience where there are no obvious ways out, such as the legal system. Joam Dacosta is a man who will do anything to make sure that the right thing gets done to prove his innocence--even facing death. As for the judge, he is obviously Verne's man of knowledge, being the analytical puzzle expert. The thing I most like about the judge is that he at first may seem crusty, but he really is not as you get to see him.

One last recommendation: this is Part Two of _The Giant Raft_. Read part one first; usually the first part is called _Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon_ or _Down the Amazon_. Also, while reading, try your hand at solving the cryptogram yourself. Good luck (will you ever need it).

( 80 Days Around the World)...... I completely suggest reading this book! It is a thriller of all classics. At school, I have been trying to get a lot of my friends to read it and only one has-- she LOVED it. She loved the misfortunes, the mix-ups, the trials, and ingenuity of the characters, and characters, the romance, the race against the clock, the sheer suspense of it all. If you ever want a book that once you get into to you'll never put it down-- READ THIS BOOK!!!! I promise it to be a good read by an excellent author.

What noted readers might have said: "Such a book as this has great relativity" --Einstein "This book is creating a cultural revolution" --Mao "This book contains information that even I did not know about myself" --Verne "Alas, the authors of this book know Verne well" --Shakespeare "Finally, a book on Verne for everyone to share" --Marx (Karl) "How this book got in my pajamas I don't know" --Marx(Groucho)

As far as I know the only film-book about Jules Verne on film in english language. The Filmography is almost complete (I only found one german-TV-Movie about "Mathias Sandorf" missing)and lists even west- and easteuropean Films from the silent movies of Georges Méliès till today (1997). Sometimes the author lists films which are "influenced" by Jules Vernes that goes for my taste a little bit too far: "The Black Hole" by "20'000 Leagues Under The Sea". Still this book is definitively an important reference-work an belongs in every serious filmbook-collection!