Overview
'A strange twilight world opened up before me, and I felt as the first man to set foot on another planet, an intruder in this mystic garden of the deep.' When Professor Aronnax embarks on daring mission to hunt down and destroy a mysterious sea creature that's menacing shipping he quickly finds his quarry. But what he discovers turns out to be beyond his wildest imagination. The beast is man-made - a vast submarine called the Nautilus built by the renegade scientist Captain Nemo. And Aronnax and his men become his prisoners. Trapped onboard Nemo's advanced vessel on journey into inner space that takes them from the South Pole to the lost city of Atlantis. More than just a thrilling adventure, Jules Verne's book was a window on the future, predicting with uncanny accuracy dramatic developments in deep ocean science and technology that were almost beyond imagination. Today, Hollywood depends on its superhero, science fiction, and action and adventure franchises. But before THE ABYSS there was TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. In this stunning new edition, illustrated by legendary comic book artist, Bryan Hitch, the original book's widescreen, cinematic vision is celebrated.
Full Product Details
Author: Jules Verne ,
Bryan Hitch
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Imprint: Gollancz
ISBN: 9780575130982
ISBN 10: 0575130989
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 31 December 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
JULES VERNE (1828-1905), was a French writer and pioneer of science fiction, is best known today for TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA(1870) and AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (1873). He was born in Nantes, France and as a child, ran off to be a cabin boy on a merchant ship but was caught and returned to his parents. After being sent to Paris to study law, he soon dropped out and his father cut him off. This forced Verne to make money by selling his stories. He published his first novel, FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON, in 1863. BRYAN HITCH is a renowned comic book artist and co-creator and artist behind both THE AUTHORITY and THE ULTIMATES. MARVEL Comics Editor-in-Chief, Joe Quesada attributed much of the current popularity of comics in the movies to the style of Bryan's work. His long list of credits for production design include THE SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK, X-MEN, SUPERMAN and STORMWATCH and, for Marvel UK, ACTION FORCE, DOCTOR WHO, MYS-TECH WARS and DEATH'S HEAD.
