Jules Verne

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• The real history of science fiction

  
  Futurismic — Authority: 584
  Just in case you missed it, this little gem from webcomic Hark, a Vagrant was doing the rounds on Twitter the other day. Click through for the whole thing , then feel free to argue about the need for hard scientific veracity in speculative fiction in the comments . Project Wonderful - Your ...
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• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and other uses of public-domain

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 642
  According to the New York Daily News, Natalie Portman will produce and star in a film adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith ’s novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies . The book is a mash-up that takes Jane Austen’s famous regency romance Pride and Prejudice and adds, well, zombies. (Everything is better with ...
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• And Now the News: Blueprints are Boring

  
  Michael May's Adventureblog — Authority: 424
  Pirate Batman So, youve probably heard that Batman supposedly died, but was really holed up in a prehistoric cave somewhere. Amongst a lot of huge announcements from DC this week, the biggest for me was the news that Batman would be fighting his way back through time to rejoin the 21st century. Along the ...
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• ATV Jules Verne operations team wins prestigious UK aeronautics prize

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 582
  (ESA) – The UK’s Royal Aeronautical Society has awarded its top Gold Medal Team prize to ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle operations team, in recognition of their achievement in operating ATV Jules Verne during its 2008 mission to the International Space Station.The Gold Medal is conferred for work of ...
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• Friday’s Food for Thought: Science Fiction Influences Real Science; Original Star Trek Used GEOINT Technologies

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 468
  Welcome once again to our “Friday’s Food for Thought” post hosted exclusively on got geoint? We hope everyone had a productive week and were able to get a jump start on holiday shopping during the better-than-expected Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping sprees. For this week’s FFT post, we are ...
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• Regretfully, Nearly Out of Stock

  
  SteamPunk Art, Strange Fiction Fantasy Paintings and Illustration by Myke Amend — Authority: 115
  Cropped image from "The Rescue" I was asked earlier today what the status (particularly current remaining count) of the 32×22 (full sized) giclees are, and since I feel it may interest repeat visitors and new visitors alike, I thought it would be good to repeat the information given here: Of 50 to be made, ever ...
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• DEC. 5: MUSIC PARTY BIKE RIDE

  
  L.A. RECORD — Authority: 447
  The FMLY RIDE is the first music based party ride: a bunch of bicyclists meet up at a central starting point and roll from stop to stop. For this ride there will be one or two bands set up at each stop ready to play when the bikers arrive. After the performance is done, we [...]
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• The Black Hole Gets a Remake Courtesy of Tron: Legacy Squad

  
  Inside Movies — Authority: 155
  You can practically hear the narrative of the trailer: "... a place where nothing ... not even light ... not even energy ... not even time ... can escape." Were talking about a black hole -- specifically, a remake of the 1979 cult-classic sci-fi ... Read more Filed under: Movie News Permalink  |  Email this ...
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• Stephen King, Jules Verne and LOST

  
  TLE's LOST Blog+All About Lost Podcast — Authority: 118
  In the 3rd of my continuing series on LOST influences I have chosen to explore the books of Stephen King and Jules Verne for their connection to LOST.Jules Verne as you probably know is the father of our modern science fiction stories.  As a kid I really loved going on the Disneyland ride for 20,000 [...]
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• Some Early Space Station Concepts and Designs: Ideas That Were Envisioned Before Their Time

  
  Scienceray — Authority: 513
  1960s Proposed USAF Orbiting Space Station ( image source ) This is a concept depiction of a orbiting space station that the USAF (United States Air Force) was considering in the 1960s. The intent was that a two-person crew would spend a month aboard the station before being rotated out and brought back to Earth. ...
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• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 554
  On this day in 1958, WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES released FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON. Directed by BYRON HASKIN from the novels of JULES VERNE, this sci-fi classic is part of the great adventure films of the 50’s. Despite the fact that the film’s budget was slashed shortly after production started and all scenes ...
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• DISNEY DEEP-SIXES "20,000 LEAGUES" REMAKE

  
  [CinemaRatty] Latest Articles — Authority: 169
  Kirk Douglas and James Mason starred in the original Disney version of the Jules Verne classic. Disney has postponed its much-vaunted remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, though remains committed the project. The director, McG, has withdrawn from the film, which was to begin shooting in February, although no ...
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• Filming 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

  
  Deep Sea News — Authority: 419
  Life Magazine’s website has pictures up from a 1954 photo shoot of the Disney movie adaptation of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It is amazing to see how far SCUBA and underwater filming has come in 55 years! 20,000 Leagues is perhaps one of the most formative components to my interest in marine [...]
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• 20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer – Underwater-Behind the Scenes-Fotos

  
  Nerdcore — Authority: 678
  Das Life-Mag hat eine Fotoserie aus dem Jahr 1954 online gestellt, als sie einen Artikel über die Unterwasserdreharbeiten zu Disneys Jules Verne-Verfilmung „20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer“ brachten, die ein Jahr später den Oscar für die Effekte gewann. Oben das Cover und Regisseur Richard Fleischer im ...
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• Travel Lust Started with Jules Verne

  
  A Traveler's Library — Authority: 422
  Destination: The World Books: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck A GUEST ...
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• Al Gore and His Idiotic Journey to the Center of the Earth

  
  The Pink Flamingo — Authority: 482
  If Al Gores knowledge of Global Warming is as outrageous as his grasp on geology then why on "earth" is anyone even bothering to listen to him.This is just simply precious. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Remake of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea gets red light from Disney execs

  
  Mouse Extra — Authority: 103
  The Los Angeles Times is reporting this morning that Rich Ross, the new head of the Walt Disney Studios, has decided to pull the plug on a remake of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.  The project was only a few months away from the start of shooting, and reportedly $10 million had already [...]
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• Listening To Ghosts

  
  The House of Pomegranates — Authority: 99
  The curtains in our Aunt Charlotte’s study came from a Victorian funeral parlour , I kid you not, they smell of dust and incense and lilies. Her apartment has taken on a permanent chill now that winter is setting in, and we keep the dusty curtains drawn most of the time just to try and keep in the heat. Elizabeth ...
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• Captain Nemo Is Dead in the Water at Disney

  
  Cinematical — Authority: 747
  The klaxons are sounding for the Nautilus and Captain Nemos origin story. Variety reports that Disney has quietly shelved the project, and McG has been released from duty in order to seek better fortune ashore. The project was scheduled to begin production this February, and was on a fast track under Dick ...
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• Jules Verne’s Secrets of the Mysterious Island in Review – Monkey business

  
  TouchMyApps — Authority: 509
  I ain’t monkeying around: Secrets of the Mysterious Island (SOTMI) in many ways is a better game than its predecessor and thanks to its adventure-devout dev team, makes great use of the iPhone hardware. It also introduces the sort of fast user-switching made famous by Beneath a Steel Sky but heels on a vast, ...
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