Jules Verne's journey.(SPACE)(Brief article)

GPS World;  May 1, 2008 ;     297 words ......first unmanned automatic transfer vehicle, Jules Verne, has proven. The Jules Verne docked with the International Space Station...signals. The docking marks the beginning of Jules Verne's main servicing mission to deliver cargo...

Jules Verne's scientific vision shines through a clouded life

The Boston Globe;  January 1, 1997 ;     657 words ...JULES VERNE An Exploratory Biography By Herbert R...95 PARIS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY By Jules Verne (translated, from the French, by Richard...literary historian has calculated that Jules Verne was not the first science-fiction writer...

The Novels and Rediscovered Films of Michel (Jules) Verne

Journal of Film Preservation;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......1861-1925), son of renowned French writer Jules Verne (1828-1905). With the recent discovery...author still six years in the future, Jules Verne married a widow with two young daughters...began habitually running up huge debts, Jules Verne responded in the manner of the time...

JULES VERNE'S SCIENTIFIC VISION SHINES THROUGH A CLOUDED LIFE

The Boston Globe;  January 1, 1997 ;     627 words ......literary historian has calculated that Jules Verne was not the first science-fiction writer...Weeks" had all the elements of a typical Jules Verne adventure. There were accurate descriptions...And, as Herbert Lottman puts it in "Jules Verne," his absorbing biography, "there is...

Interview: Brian Taves discusses the 100th anniversary of Jules Verne's...

NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday;  April 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Taves discusses the 100th anniversary of Jules Verne's death and his knack to predict the...Time: 2:00-3:00 PM IRA FLATOW, host: Jules Verne, arguably the father of modern science...now, joining with me now to talk about Jules Verne's legacy is Brian Taves. He's a film...

Into space with jules verne on one-way ticket

Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  March 10, 2008 ;     377 words ......19th-century science fiction author Jules Verne, the unmanned freighter was lofted into...blasted spectacularly into a darkened sky. Jules Verne's prolonged transit to the space station...Throughout the Endeavour mission, the Jules Verne, arguably Europe's most complex spacecraft...

Tintin 70th birthday shock: Herge stole him from Jules Verne

The Independent - London;  January 24, 1999 ;     526 words ......Captain Haddock - was stolen by Herge from Jules Verne. Ten thousand thundering typhoons! Herge...some of the lesser- known novels of Jules Verne. Herge (1907-1983), real name Georges...he gave a list and then said: "And Jules Verne? Jules Verne nothing." Jean-Paul ...

Unpublished Jules Verne Novel Discovered in Safe

NPR Morning Edition;  September 23, 1994 ;     548 words ......EDWARDS, Host: Nineteenth-century writer Jules Verne is the best- selling French novelist...reports. MICHAEL GOLDFARB, Reporter: As Jules Verne imagined it in 1863, Paris au Vingt...skeptics to think the book is a hoax. But, Jules Verne expert Piero Gondola Deloriva [sp...

EVERYTHING'S COMING UP GREEN FOR JULES VERNE FILM FESTIVAL.(LA.COM)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  December 6, 2007 ;     626 words ......requiring a decent cleaning. Since the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival -- opening tonight...realized that's the best way, the way Jules Verne and his books entertain people and make...Jacques Cousteau -- will also receive a Jules Verne Lifetime Achievement Award. The evening...

Dusseau, Joelle. Jules Verne.(Jules Verne: La Face cachee)(Book review)

Nineteenth-Century French Studies;  January 1, 2007 ;     659 words ...Dusseau, Joelle. Jules Verne. Paris: Perrin, 2005. Pp. 564. ISBN 2-262-02279-8. Valetoux, Philippe. Jules Verne, en mer et contre tous. Paris: Magellan, 2005. Pp. 176. ISBN 2-9143-3088-x. Maudhuy, Roger. Jules Verne: La Face cachee. Paris: France-Empire, 2005. Pp...family lives by M. ...

Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival Builds on Its Triumph of 15 Amazing...

PR Newswire;  October 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......successful years in Paris, France the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival (JVAFF) will...Science Meets Fiction, the Shrine hosts Jules Verne Day, an educational fair and exhibition...Malcolm McDowell will welcome the 2007 Jules Verne Award Honorees, philanthropist/entrepreneur...

THE CABLE GUY: 'JULES VERNE' THE BEST

United Press International;  May 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ......International 05-16-2001 The Cable Guy: 'Jules Verne' the best May 16, 2001 (United Press...weeks. But "The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne" is a wonderful show. It delivers what...century French science fiction pioneer Jules Verne was not writing fiction at all, but...

Jules Verne and around the world in eighty days. (Essentials Books).(Brief...

World Literature Today;  March 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ...JULES VERNE PUBLISHES Around the World in Eighty...beautiful novels of the nineteenth century--Jules Verne describes the tranquil happiness of a...are unknown. Oddly, in both cases, dear Jules Verne forgets what is for man the fundamental...

French shipbuilder plans to build Jules Verne's `dream isle' says `QM2'...

The Independent - London;  September 28, 2002 ;     603 words ......one tourist destination to another. Jules Verne had a similar idea 100 years ago, in...Jean-Philippe Zoppini, have taken a Jules Verne- like plunge into the future. Verne...or terrorism, threatened. This was Jules Verne's vision in the Ile a Helice. He described...

COVER STORY: Hell and high water The record-breaking sailor Ellen...

The Independent - London;  March 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ......during her most recent sailing trip, the Jules Verne Trophy. The round-the-world nonstop...earlier than expected. At the start of the Jules Verne, expectations were high for MacArthur...the time she was ready to begin the Jules Verne, MacArthur's business, Offshore Challenges...