A Voyage in a Balloon
By Jules Verne
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Classic short storyl. According to Wikipedia: "Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828-March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. He is best known for novels such as Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical means of space travel had been devised. He is the third most translated author in the world, according to Index Translationum. Some of his books have been made into films. Verne, along with H. G. Wells, is often popularly referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction"
Jules Verne
Beinahe wäre Klein-Jules als Schiffsjunge nach Indien gefahren, hätte eine Laufbahn als Seemann eingeschlagen und später unterhaltsames Seemannsgarn gesponnen, das vermutlich nie die Druckerpresse erreicht hätte. Glücklicherweise für uns Leser hindert man ihn daran: Der Elfjährige wird von Bord geholt und verlebt weiterhin eine behütete Kindheit vor bürgerlichem Hintergrund. Geboren am 8. Februar 1828 in Nantes, wächst Jules-Gabriel Verne in gut situierten Verhältnissen auf. Als ältester von fünf Sprösslingen soll er die väterliche Anwaltspraxis übernehmen, weshalb er ab 1846 in Paris Jura studiert. Jules Verne, der Vater der Science-Fiction-Literatur.
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A Voyage in a Balloon - Jules Verne
A VOYAGE IN A BALLOON (1852) BY JULES VERNE
Translated from the French by Anne T. Wilbur
published by Samizdat Express, Orange, CT, USA
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Books by Jules Verne in English translation:
Five Weeks in a Balloon, or Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, an Underwater Tour of the World
Adventures of a Special Correspondent, among the Various Races and Countries of Central Asia, Being the Exploits and Experiences of Claudius Bombarnac of the Twentieth Century
All Around the Moon
Around the World in Eighty Days
Blockade Runners
Celebrated Travels and Travellers: The Exploration of the World
Celebrated Travels and Travellers: The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Celebrated Travels and Travellers: The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
Dick Sand or a Captain at Fifteen
The English at the North Pole, Part 1 of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras
The Field of Ice, Part 2 of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras
Facing the Flag
From the Earth to the Moon
The Fur Country or Seventy Degrees North Latitude
Godfrey Morgan
In Search of the Castaways (sometimes called The Children of of Captain Grant
and A Voyage Around the World
)
A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
Master of the World
Michael Strogoff or the Courier of the Czar
The Mysterious Island
Off on a Comet or Hector Servadac
Robur the Conqueror
Round the Moon (sequel to From the Earth to the Moon)
The Secret of the Island (sequel to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea)
The Survivors of the Chancellor
Ticket No. 9672
Topsy-Turvy
The Underground City or The Black Indies (sometimes called The Chlid of the Cavern
)
A Voyage in a Balloon (short story)
The Waif of the Cynthia
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From Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art (Philadelphia: 1849-1852): May 1852: VOL. X. No. 5: p. 389-395.
John Sartain (1808-1897) was an English artist and engraver skilled in the art of mezzotint who emigrated to the United States; in 1848 he purchased a one-half interest in the Union Magazine
, a New York periodical, which he transferred to Philadelphia. The name was changed to "Sartain's