{"id":2145,"date":"2018-06-01T07:21:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T19:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2018-06-25T22:41:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T10:41:39","slug":"twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-jules-verne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/2018\/06\/01\/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-jules-verne\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea — Jules Verne"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It’s good to finally read this famous book, starring the famous Captain Nemo and his famous ship the Nautilus, and discover that its fame is well-deserved: it’s a page-turning adventure story with drama, intrigue and nifty gadgets.<\/p>\n

The narrator, a maritime expert, joins an expedition and eventually ends up aboard the Nautilus with couple of his companions. In a series of episodes we find out about the ship, a little about the captain, and a lot about various going-on under the sea. Verne puts a lot of really interesting and generally plausible ideas into the story, which is impressive for a speculative fiction written nearly 150 years ago. I have always wondered about the title though: I always thought that it referred to a depth of 20,000 leagues, but then I discovered that 20,000 leagues is about 100,000km, ten times deeper than any ocean. I now realise that it’s simply the distance travelled while under the sea — they circumnavigate the globe underwater, following a very meandering path.<\/p>\n

The story was originally published in serial form, and it shows in the episodic structure. This makes it good to read bit by bit rather than all at once — very convenient for my morning and evening commute. This was recommended to me by Jay — I picked it because it stood out from most of his recommendations, which tend to be modern YA fiction. He’s also read other Verne stories: apparently Journey to the Centre of the Earth<\/cite> is good too.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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