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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
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I read this EARLY in high school, about a hundred years ago, so I cannot write an appropriately thoughtful review due to time and a memory sodden with time. However, I can recollect one memorable anecdote about this reading. This book was so good, I could not put it down, literally. I think I started this on Friday afternoon and finished sometime Sunday night, with barely a TV show in between.
*** 2023 reread -
Still fun but I gotta say it has not held up like I thought it might. The nineteenth century scientific prose which is in a way pre-Steampunk or Real Steampunk or something got somewhat tedious here and there.
The idea of a mysterious "submarine" vehicle roaming around the globe, under the waves must have been really cool when this first came out in the 1860s and Verne's imaginative use of electricity may be lost on modern readers. The author's descriptions of naturalist scenes was also noteworthy.
A hundred and fifty years later and Captain Nemo, uncivilized yet urbane, dangerous and unpredictable, still steals the show. But this time just for fun I imagined the Captain looked like Bill Murray and the crew resembled Zissounauts.
*** 2023 reread -
Still fun but I gotta say it has not held up like I thought it might. The nineteenth century scientific prose which is in a way pre-Steampunk or Real Steampunk or something got somewhat tedious here and there.
The idea of a mysterious "submarine" vehicle roaming around the globe, under the waves must have been really cool when this first came out in the 1860s and Verne's imaginative use of electricity may be lost on modern readers. The author's descriptions of naturalist scenes was also noteworthy.
A hundred and fifty years later and Captain Nemo, uncivilized yet urbane, dangerous and unpredictable, still steals the show. But this time just for fun I imagined the Captain looked like Bill Murray and the crew resembled Zissounauts.
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Jun 04, 2019 12:44AM
You should re-read it. It'll refresh your memory and I think you would still enjoy it.
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Oh no!! From now on I will imagine Captain Nemo like Bill Murray...I will never forgive you that.
Still a great novel. I love Verne's nineteenth century style, but I agree with you: sometimes it is a bit tedious.
Excellent review Lyn, as always!
Despite the Bill Murray image, I still see Nemo as playing Toccata and Fugue in D minor at his pipe organ.
Yes! James Mason was great and the organ was an iconic part of his quarters
