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Originally Posted by crich70
Actually I understand Mr. Verne didn't like Mr. Wells writing any too much. While Verne did intense research to work out how to get his space craft off the earth all Wells did was to invent Cavorite by which he could screen the ship from gravity. And you are quite welcome as far as the Omnibus.  |
Verne was writing adventure stories for boys. He was determined that the science used be something possible with the technology available in his day. The motive was admirable, even if it did produce the unintentionally hilarious, like shooting his protagonists out of a gigantic cannon to
get them to the moon. That was at least theoretically doable at the time. You would just need a really
big cannon. (Note that the idea was used in the film based on H. G. Wells'
"The Shape of Things to Come", where a couple who wish to be the first astronauts are fired from a giant cannon at the end.)
Verne was asked about Wells' work, and his comment on Cavorite was something like "An anti-gravity paint? That's very nice, but where
is this marvelous material? Let him
produce it!"
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Dennis