the version of these books in my childhood were the collected editions of Jules Verne. They had the same "proper book" feel to them (sans the illustrated jackets), and each of them contained a killer of a story. I think I read The Mysterious Island at least 4 times, and equally liked Captain Grant's Children, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Captain at Fifteen, and dozens of others. The collection we had contained, I think, at least 12 volumes, each containing several novels.
Also, I remember reading that Vernes wasn't considered for a long time a proper adult author in the Anglosphere because the first translations were truncated and sub-par.
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the version of these books in my childhood were the collected editions of Jules Verne. They had the same "proper book" feel to them (sans the illustrated jackets), and each of them contained a killer of a story. I think I read The Mysterious Island at least 4 times, and equally liked Captain Grant's Children, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Captain at Fifteen, and dozens of others. The collection we had contained, I think, at least 12 volumes, each containing several novels.
Jules Verne is 1. Excellent and 2. Definitely on the Based Boys upcoming list. Mysterious Island and 20k Leagues are excellent.
Also, I remember reading that Vernes wasn't considered for a long time a proper adult author in the Anglosphere because the first translations were truncated and sub-par.
I remember some of the novels coming with glossaries for different nautical terms, knots, and so on. Proper Based Boys material!
I’m an adult and I’d love to read these.
You’re a king, Zack. Very well written.