Jules+Verne

When Jules Verne bragged to a coworker one morning in 1863 that he would soon be leaving his job in the financial markets of Paris for a “gold mine” in a brand new writing career, little did he know that he was changing the future. Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure and science fiction novels. Verne lived from February 8, 1828 to March 24, 1905. He died at the age of 77 of diabetes in his home in Amiens, France. In his life he wrote more than sixty books, as well as many short stories and poems.

Jules Verne was most famous for his futuristic novels. He was simply ahead of his time; in his books he mentions things like electric submarines, newscasts, rocket ships, the tazer, and the splash down spaceship. These inventions he mentioned in his books hadn’t actually been invented until decades and decades later. His most popular books include //Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and From Earth to the Moon.// In //Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea,// Verne describes a weapon that “sends an electric shock when shot with.” A novel written by the “father of science fiction,” which lay undiscovered until 1989, reveals his fear of unchecked technological advancement.

Jules Verne impacted France and all of his readers with surrealism. The aim of “surrealism” was to “resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality.” Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision, created strange creatures from everyday objects and developed painting techniques that allowed the unconscious to express itself. He impacted society by being “the father of science fiction” and bringing exciting new inventions bringing adventure, excitement, and a bright hope for the future of mankind. By: Jaden Easton