Is Jules Verne the greatest fucking author of all time?

[KostasKouvalis]

Everyone has heard of these books. I was in third grade when I picked up "Journey to the Center of the Earth", before I even knew what a classic it was or who Jules Verne was, and OMG, that book blew my fucking mind! I'd never read anything like it before. When my teacher saw that I wasn't gonna finish it, he gifted it to me.

"Mysterious Island" was huge and like 700 fucking pages long and I read it.

"Around the World in 80 Days", oh my fucking God! Talk about a book that keeps you on the fucking edge of your sheet.

The only one I've read I couldn't get into was 20,000 Leagues, but I admire and respect it as a classic.

He fucking wrote a book about space travel in a time when people weren't even thinking about such a concept.

He was so ahead of his time! He wrote of technology and concepts that didn't exist yet, fuck! Absolutely amazing man! There are other classic novels and authors, but nothing compares to Verne. Maybe Polish author Alfred Szklarski.

Michael Palin did his own around the world in 80 days. I don't know of anyone trying to copy someone else's novels.

No disrespect to other iconic authors, but the guy's a fucking legend and icon! A fucking pioneer! No one will ever write books like that again.

Yeah, he's the greatest

No, there are greater authors

[AviatorTom]

He's definitely in the top tier of science fiction writers, along with Azimov, Bradbury, Orwell, Welles and others.

I'm pretty sure Dante, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, and a few others, would be considered better as overall writers.

[KostasKouvalis]

He wrote other genres too though. "Around the World" was normal

[Twalli]

There are a lot of great authors that passed on. To say he's better than Tolkien, Lewis, Homer, or Virgil is a pretty big claim. It's also hard to compare them. Verne was writing science fiction; Tolkien and Lewis wrote fantasy. I'm not 100% sure how I would classify Homer and Virgil.

[KostasKouvalis]

Not all of Verne's stuff was SciFi

[Twalli]

So, compare him to authors of his genres based on the books of the specific genre.
I'm not saying she's better than Verne, but Sherrilyn Kenyon has written both Urban Fantasy and Science Fiction. Comparing her entire work against a writer of one genre isn't fair.

[KostasKouvalis]

WHO?
Exactly.

[Julie07]

This man is a real legend haha. As for whether he is the greatest author in history, what would be the criteria?


For me there are many giants of literature, and there is not necessarily a number one

[KostasKouvalis]

French ones? 😉

[Julie07]

Worldwide, there are many great writers, not just French ones.

[Julie07]

But of course France is in a category of its own. 🤣

[AI Opinion]

Jules Verne truly revolutionized the world of literature with his remarkable imagination. His visionary works like "Journey to the Center of the Earth," "Around the World in 80 Days," and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" pushed the boundaries of storytelling and tapped into the potential of science fiction before it was even a popular genre. His anticipation of future technologies is particularly impressive, and his legacy continues to inspire. While it's hard to label any author as the "greatest" because of personal preferences and the vastness of literature, Verne's contributions to literature and his pioneering vision are undeniable. 📚✨

[DryGermanGuy]

Certainly one of the greatest authors for me in my youth! I have no idea how often I have read the top twenty of his novels.

[Xawyx-2]

Yes, he was definitely one of the best, and one of my favorite authors.

[chrissykerdock]

mediocre at best

[KostasKouvalis]

Why mediocre, m

[FunkyMonkee]

So far, I would say, Chris Miler.

[KostasKouvalis]

WHO?

[FunkyMonkee]

He used to write for National Lampoon and a few other magazines. He wrote and had a part in "Animal House", based on his college years at Dartmouth in `62.
He has such a cool way of describing things in detail without actually doing so specifically.