Master of the World Extraordinary Voyages #53 Jules Verne 9781536935554 Books
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Set in the summer of 1903, a series of unexplained events occur across the eastern United States, caused by objects moving with such great speed that they are nearly invisible. The first-person narrator John Strock, 'Head inspector in the federal police department' in Washington, DC, travels to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to investigate. He discovers that all the phenomena are being caused by Robur, a brilliant inventor. (He was previously featured as a character in Verne's Robur the Conqueror.) Robur has perfected a new machine, which he has dubbed the Terror. It is ten-meter long vehicle, capable of operating as a speedboat, submarine, automobile, or aircraft. It can travel at the (then) unheard of speed of 150 miles per hour on land and at more than 200 mph when flying. Strock tries to capture the Terror but instead is captured himself. Robur drives the strange craft to elude his pursuers, heading to the Caribbean and into a thunderstorm. The Terror is struck by lightning, breaks apart, and falls into the ocean. Strock is rescued from the vehicle's wreckage, but Robur's body is never found. The reader is left to decide whether or not he has died.
Master of the World Extraordinary Voyages #53 Jules Verne 9781536935554 Books
A graphic novel adaptation of Jules Verne's story about strange events rocking towns in the US. There's rumblings coming from a mountain in the Smokies. There's an insanely fast car zooming around, and also something on bodies of water equally fast and dangerous. Inspector John Strock is sent to first check out the mountain in the Smokies, and then to investigate the other dangers. Eventually he figures out they're all connected, which is confirmed by letters from a man proclaiming himself to be Master of the World. Strock has to get to the bottom of things before this Master of the World gets truly dangerous.From what I remember (it's been a long time since I read the original) this does justice to the basic plot of the original Verne tale. The illustrations in this were both amusing and made me shake my head. Wisconsin is portrayed with brown mountains. The Smokies look like a tropical rainforest, and there's a lake in Kansas surrounded by mountains that features in the story. Since the Kansas lake part was in Verne's original tale, I'm guessing that the artists decided to make everything look a bit different from reality. (Of course, these Campfire graphic novels are produced in India, so it's entirely possible they have no clue what Wisconsin or the Smokies are like. But other Campfires I've read have done a decent job with setting, so I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that it was on purpose.) It was also hard to pinpoint the time period by dress, accessories, cars, etc. Either way, be prepared to take the geography and time period as an alternate universe setting, not a real time or place. Which is fitting for a Verne story.
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Master of the World Extraordinary Voyages #53 Jules Verne 9781536935554 Books Reviews
the novel starts much like other verne novels with a natural phenomenon that can not be explained. in this novel, the strange phenomenon is sudden presumed volcanic activity in the mountain called the great eyrie, located in north carolina. in what appears to be a volcanic eruption, a mysterious object flapping it wings, flies away at great speed. as usual in other verne novels, the possibility that this phenomenon is man-made is quickly dismissed. an attempt to scale the mountain to investigate is unsuccessful.
meanwhile, on the prairies of wisconsin, a race by the automobile club is interrupted by an apparition moving nearly two hundred miles per hour. in the waters of new england, a new type of boat is seen darting the waters; and in a mountain lake, a strange submarine vessel now rests. the source of all these strange phenomenon are all one in the same - the 'terror', a vehicle that can traverse the land, sea and the air.
the inventor of this machine declines all offers from all governments to buy his invention and declares himself, 'master of the world'.
a good enough idea for a plot, but it's too short (127 pages). also, much of the book is devoted to either realizing what the terror actually is and how to possibly catch it. comparatively little is spent explaining how the 'terror' functions, how the master of the world was going to achieve his goals of world dominance; and ultimately the ending is felt very rushed too.
perhaps since it is a sequel to one of verne's earlier novels, 'robur the conqueror', verne felt it less necessary for exposition. this should probably be read as one novel, much like 'from the earth to the moon' and 'round the moon'.
If you're a fan of Jules Verne and his works you'll like this novel as well. Has the same energy of Mysterious Island and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. A mysterious phenomenon across the US seems to all be linked to a person who calls himself Master of the World, who speeds around in a car that doubles as a submarine and plane. I liked how this story was shorter, Verne's other works can be a touch lengthy. But it doesn't lack in detail or suspense. It has the same sense of adventure, and Verne's touch of scientific brilliance that makes the story just come to life. Definitely one of my favorites of his work. Would I read it again? Yes! I think its great for all age levels, even reading it to your kid would be fun. And yes, I wish they did a remake and made a new movie I'd love to see it! (there is an old version done with Vincent Price).
A graphic novel adaptation of Jules Verne's story about strange events rocking towns in the US. There's rumblings coming from a mountain in the Smokies. There's an insanely fast car zooming around, and also something on bodies of water equally fast and dangerous. Inspector John Strock is sent to first check out the mountain in the Smokies, and then to investigate the other dangers. Eventually he figures out they're all connected, which is confirmed by letters from a man proclaiming himself to be Master of the World. Strock has to get to the bottom of things before this Master of the World gets truly dangerous.
From what I remember (it's been a long time since I read the original) this does justice to the basic plot of the original Verne tale. The illustrations in this were both amusing and made me shake my head. Wisconsin is portrayed with brown mountains. The Smokies look like a tropical rainforest, and there's a lake in Kansas surrounded by mountains that features in the story. Since the Kansas lake part was in Verne's original tale, I'm guessing that the artists decided to make everything look a bit different from reality. (Of course, these Campfire graphic novels are produced in India, so it's entirely possible they have no clue what Wisconsin or the Smokies are like. But other Campfires I've read have done a decent job with setting, so I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that it was on purpose.) It was also hard to pinpoint the time period by dress, accessories, cars, etc. Either way, be prepared to take the geography and time period as an alternate universe setting, not a real time or place. Which is fitting for a Verne story.
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