20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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Summary: 3 magnificent people take you 20,000 leagues under the sea!
Review: A scientist, his sidekick and a big strong sailor are going to have their lives changed forever when they are sent to capture a giant octopus. But, instead, they fall overboard and find out what they think is an octopus is really a giant submarine with a Captain Nimo and a crew that speaks their own language (which the trio calls "the submarine language")! In this submarine, they go on millions of adventures like: tunneling through blocks of ice in the antartic, zooming through tunnels from sea to sea, and seeing every different kind of fish you could ever imagine. The only problem is the scientist's sidekick joins with the big sailor, Ned, and together they try to escape. They have many of their own adventures too, like when they try to escape the first time and they almost get caught by cannibals. The second time they escape and write a story which you will read if you want to read it and it's called, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". If you're looking for an adventurous book that's exciting and funny too, then just read the book I did a review on. Lindsey (age 9)

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Summary: Lots of thumbs up!
Review: 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA is a great book by Jules Verne. It is about a ship that gets attacked by a giant sea monster. Professor Aronnay sets off in his steel plated submarine to find the monster. Captain Nemo is near, and agrees to to go into a new world. He doesn't expect a sea monster, though! Lots of action in this book - blowing things up, great escapes, and. . . you can find out the rest for yourself!

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Summary: Extroardinarily good - up till the last chapter!
Review: The book was very interesting and exciting. It contained various descriptions of things which I could really picture in my mind. I thought that Verne did a great job at filling this book with action, description, and true fact.However, the end of it ruined a lot of what I expected from reading the rest of it.

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Summary: Good first half -- extremely dissappointing end
Review: I really enjoyed the first half of this book. I had to read it for a school assignment, and I was liking it. Once it got past the first halh, the book's plot went downhill. Majorly!!! I think it had a very disappointing end.

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Summary: Classic scientific-minded story with a disappointing ending
Review: I really enjoy books that revolve around science... especially when they were written during the 1800s and early 1900s. It is very entertaining to discover what these people believed and to compare their beliefs to ours in modern times. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is entertaining in this fashion. Jules Verne is suprisingly accurate in his depiction of a modern-day electric submarine and its workings... although he doesn't go into the minute details that I was hoping for. The ending of this book is a tremendous let-down with regards to the character of Captain Nemo. Throughout the entire book, the Captain's background is built up to be a giant mystery... which simply begs for resolution. I couldn't wait to reach the end of the book in order to find out why Captain Nemo was the way he was. This resolution never comes. Never. This left me with the opinion that Jules Verne simply wasn't a talented storyteller, and never bothered to fill out and completely think about the character of Captain Nemo. Anyone can think up fantastic situations and theories... but the real talent comes in explaining them in a plausible way to the reader. It's akin to watching a movie where lots of incredible things happen to the main characters, only to have them wake up stating that it was all a dream.

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Summary: A "Classic".
Review: Despite the ravages of time, Jules Verne's oddysey sails proudly onwards. The storyline is, for virtually the entire book, gripping and (with certain allowances, even now) almost believable. Characters are presented nicely, with a good amount of intrigue to boot. If aren't planning on reading this book, you deserve to go straight to Davy Jones' locker!!

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Summary: That book's really interesting, but it needs more adventure
Review: The begining of this book, really attracts and I read it excited thinking that the rest would be interesting, but as it continued I really was getting bored, so I just read the last part and quited reading it. I think it's so famous just because of Verne's fantasy on making tha NAUTILUS.

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Summary: An Expert Enactment of an Adventure Masterpiece
Review: Harlan Ellison eagerly embraces the challenge of reading Jules Verne's masterpiece aloud, and is able to keep the listener enthralled throughout his entire performance. The listener is swept, along with the narrator and his two companions, aboard the futuristic (but never improbable) submarine "Nautilus," helmed by the mysterious (and ultimately tragic) Captain Nemo. The wonders of Verne's tale of adventure, as well as the tension and sheer terror contained therein, have never before been made so real in any performance of any adaptation of this novel. It becomes easy to empathize with the plight of the narrator, and, indeed, to share in his feelings and frustrations, save one -- the listener may not share the narrator's desire to end the adventure and go home. Ellison's vocal work is outstanding, and the direction of the adaptation is flawless. In an era where the science fiction market increasingly relies on the use of franchised characters, it is refreshing to hear this adaptation of a highly original (and ever relevant) work.

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Summary: Great! Stuppendous!
Review: This is the most fantastic book I have ever read! Jules Verne really brings the book to life! You will be taken into the world of the ocean, and you will be lead into adventure by Captain Nemo himself!

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Summary: subliminally informative!
Review: Perfectly arranged and paramountly written, the author, Jules Verne makes you feel as though you are an apex part of this book. Personally, I believe that this is one of his best collections of writings