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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

After you finish the final novel - The Barsac Mission - do you plan to do the two collections of short stories, in addition to the seven individual short stories?

Yes, I was planning to read the short stories, the two collections and the individual ones. Those are all officially part of the Extraordinary Voyages, so I'll be finished with the original project after that.

However, as it would be a pity to end it so soon, I'll finish with "The Waif of the Cynthia" and "Paris in the Twentieth Century". I'll also read the beginning of "Backwards to Britain", and I may or may not skip that one, depending on whether I like it.

I would like to suggest Anthony Trollope for your next venture; that is, when you finish with Jules and Michel Verne.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll take note, as I confess I haven't read any of his novels, and I'd like to rectify that. I like 19th century novels, so I'd like to read more of them, although perhaps not so completely concentrated on one single author. That will be for the future, though. For the moment I'd like to read more epic fantasy. In any case, I don't think I would post reviews for such a project like I have done for this one. I felt these could be useful, since apart from the popular ones, a lot of Verne's work is rather neglected, and more so in English. Also, I'm just someone who likes reading, but I'm not at all an expert on literature, and I think I would be unsuited for the task of analysing novels that are less plot-driven and more literary.