It is not. It might be classed as action-adventure. in the novel, Verne did not toss in any devices or vehicles that were beyond the technology of the time. it is no more science-fiction than, say the Arthur Hailey novel and film ( Airport).
Julius Verne (1828-1905) is often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction", with works such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days.
One of Verne"s non-science fiction tales, the Novel was written in l872 according to the Funk & Wagnalls encyclopedia articles on Verne and science fiction.
Jules Verne best merits this title. He also wrote stuff such as Michael Strogoff about, essentially, a Czarist IKGB agent, and things like around the world in 80 days which are not science fiction as he described no technics beyond his period. But, he did found the genre of science fiction, and how!
Jules Verne wrote both "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "Around the World in 80 Days." He was a French novelist known for his adventure and science fiction stories.
No, the journey around the world in 80 days as depicted in the novel by Jules Verne is a work of fiction and not based on a true story.
Jules Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright widely regarded as one of the pioneers of science fiction. He is best known for his adventure novels, particularly "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "Around the World in Eighty Days."
Jules Verne lived in France. He was a French author known for his pioneering science fiction and adventure novels, including "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "Around the World in Eighty Days."
Yes, as it depicted technology in advance of its time. This ws not true of ( Around the world in 80 days) also by Verne. Never did like its phony brand of Cosmopolitanism. There is only one country in the world and Manhattan is its nerve center!
He was the first important science-fiction writer, indeed the founding father of the genre. He also wrote adventure novels that were not strictly speaking sci fi ( around the world in 80 days, for example) and some not even remotely tech-fiction such as Mic hael Strogoff, about a Russian spy type.
Balloons figured in at least two Vernian novels- around the world in 80 days, by the way this was believed to be the period of soul-creation of the Female Body according to St.Thomas. Men, less complicated, only took 40 days to form, so to speak. Almost certainly this is where the 80 day span comes in. Balloons also figured in Five weeks in a Balloon- can you explain how do you go to the john?- and peripherally in other Verne novels. they were the only aircraft known at the time.(l9th century)
The Extraordinary Voyages. This was a series of novels by French science fiction author Jules Verne. It included (not in this order): Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island, Paris in the 1960s, and Around the World in 80 Days.
Jules Gabriel Verne is one the founders of the modern science fiction genre. His most popular books include Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in 80 Days.