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Summary: Journey Into Your Imagination
Review: PLOT: Armed with ancient directions, courage, and intelligence a scientist, his nephew, and a hunter search for the center of the earth and adventure.POSITIVES: This is a masterpiece. I am a Jules Verne fan and this is one of his best works. It is full of danger, suspense, excitement, and passion. I read this to my children as they were growing up and the story stayed with us all through the years. PROBLEMS: It is of course dated. This book requires imagination. It is long (44 short chapters). I usually read a chapter each night to my kids on a book such as this. If I couldn't finish the book in a month the children got restless. PROPOSAL: Purchase an audio version. This is one book that I'd rather hear read than read myself.
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Summary: If Enough Suspension of Disbelief, Excellent Adventure Novel
Review: This is a high-adventure novel. A German scientist puts together an expedition to follow successfully in the tracks of a previous, attempt to reach the center of the Earth. In Verne's time, it was not known that the Earth had a molten core, and the nature of the core, while believed by many to be molten, was debated. The expedition encounters many unexpected creatures, land-forms, plants, and obstacles. The pace of the writing is very fast, in general, with a few digressions to explain scientific debates. The science in the novel is actually superior to the science of the film, as the dinosaurs of the book are more believable than those of the film. Definitely a fun read! By the way, I read the novel and watched the film at about the same time, and now realize that the film was only very loosely based on the Jules Verne novel. The premise remains intact: a scientist leads a small team in an attempt to retrace an earlier expedition to the Earth's center. However, the movie added several characters and plot-lines, rearranged many aspects of the "world" found within the Earth, and inserted a solid dose of comic relief not found in the novel. The film discarded an ongoing discussion of scientific theory between two characters (played by Mason and Boone in the film), possibly because their debate is now a moot point. If this film, as is, came out today, it would be blasted as being totally unfaithful to the novel. I wonder if that occurred when the film was released. Either way, it is still an interesting and entertaining film. However, please do not expect the film and the novel to be very similar.
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Summary: Journey to the center of the Earth book review.
Review: This is an exiting book full of adventure. It is about three people named Hans, Professer Hardwigg and his nephew Harry. The story takes place when Professer Hardwigg discovers a piece of parchment with the name of a famous explorer that went to the center of the Earth. Professer Hardwigg wants to do the same. They climb in to Mt.Sneffles with a guide named Hans. They have lots of adventures with prehistoric animals and travel in places you wouldn't even expect. The ending is very exiting but you will have to read it to find out. I recomend this book to people who like adventure stories. I think it is a great book .
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Summary: The Best of Joles Verne
Review: This is my upmost favorite books by Jules Verne. I liked From the Earth to the Moon but this beats it by far. No matter what you say I absolutly love this book.
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