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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's interesting that today most people probably think of Verne primarily as a SF author, whereas in reality the main theme of his work is travel to exotic locations, and the majority of his books have no SF-element at all, but are straightforward adventure stories.
It's unfortunate that a significant number of his books have no English translation available.
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With today's relatively easy air travel (planes and helicopters), you can get to most places on the planet in a matter of days. And with satellite coverage, no place is yet unseen. That old adventure of stumbling on an undiscovered region of Earth with bizarre inhabitants just doesn't exist anymore, and has disappeared from our dreams. I wonder if young people today get the same thrill from reading those old novels that we older people did, or if it just falls flat for them?