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The Underground City
Written by Jules Verne
Narrated by John Bolen
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
How can humans survive and prosper 1,500 feet below the earth's surface? Jules Verne successfully weaves a dark yet magnificent story into this equally dark world. The book takes place in a revived and now prosperous coal mine. Amazingly, life in the mine has everything that one could desire, including a lake, fish, and attractive homes. Yet there lurks an evil presence: unexplainable, malicious, and life-threatening occurrences begin. And this evil force could destroy the underground world and everyone in it.
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Jules Verne
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French author best known for his tales of adventure, including Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. A true visionary, Verne foresaw the skyscraper, the submarine, and the airplane, among many other inventions, and is now regarded as one of the fathers of science fiction.
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Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not one of his better known novels, the characters here are all totally unbelievable and the basic plot pretty daft (a common point made against Verne plots, but more than usually evident here), though there are some moments of quite good suspense. As a SAD sufferer I found the idea of so many people willing to live permanently underground quite horrible and entirely unfeasible. What comes across most clearly here is Verne's love of Scotland as some chapters are brain dumps of Scottish geography, history, culture and literature.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Well structured and not too long, this is a good primer for those thinking of getting into other Verne stories.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was a fairly short and straightforward novel by Jules Verne with some exceptions that proved to be welcome surprises. Overall, the plot is engaging and the characters are provided with enough background, exploration, and originality as to make the tale appealing to me as a reader. This is a good Verne novel, and fans of his work should not skip this one.3.25 stars.