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Old 06-26-2010, 11:14 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by kacir View Post
When I was a boy I loved all his books. The most treasured was this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_the_Castaways
This one is not about predicting the future and contains very few science fiction elements, but it is absolutely great adventure story.
I suspect that many people don't realise that the majority of Verne's books were in fact "travel adventures" and not SF at all. I share your love of "In Search of the Castaways". I posted a version of it here to MR not too long ago.
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