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The Master of the World
Written by Jules Verne
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When a volcano suddenly seems to erupt and threaten a mountain town of North Carolina, Inspector Strock is sent to determine the danger. When an automobile race in Wisconsin is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a vehicle traveling at many times the top speed of the entrants, Strock is again consulted. And when an odd-shaped boat is sighted moving at impossible speeds off the New England coast, Strock and his boss begin to wonder if the incidents are related. Then Strock gets a note warning him to abandon his investigation on pain of death, but he is intrigued rather than deterred.
The story is set in a period when gasoline engines were new and automobiles were rare, and so the appearance of a vehicle that can move at astounding speeds on land, on water?and as later seen, underwater and through the air?marks a technological advance far beyond the reach of any nation. It is technology invented by a man who styles himself "The Master of the World" and threatens the peace of the world unless Inspector Strock can find a way to stop the mad inventor.
The story is set in a period when gasoline engines were new and automobiles were rare, and so the appearance of a vehicle that can move at astounding speeds on land, on water?and as later seen, underwater and through the air?marks a technological advance far beyond the reach of any nation. It is technology invented by a man who styles himself "The Master of the World" and threatens the peace of the world unless Inspector Strock can find a way to stop the mad inventor.
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Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne, a pioneering science-fiction writer, was born in the French port city of Nantes on 8 February, 1828, to Pierre Verne, a successful lawyer, and his wife Sophie. Verne published Five Weeks in a Balloon in 1863, an immediate hit, followed by Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), and his two most influential books, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872) that combined the newly developing genre of travel writing with Verne's own experimentation with science fiction. Since 1979, he has been the second most translated writer in the world. Verne died of old age and illness on 24 March 1905.
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Reviews for The Master of the World
Rating: 4.375 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not Verne’s best but a fun book. I love the narrator too. It’s the perfect voice for an older book like this.