凡尔纳科幻经典:气球上的五星期(插图版•全译本)

by Jules Verne

《凡尔纳科幻经典:气球上的五星期(插图版•全译本)》主要内容简介：19世纪初期，非洲大陆犹如一颗蒙着轻纱的明珠，吸引着世界各地的探险家一窥其神秘之貌。然而，此时的非洲大部分还是荒蛮之地，自然条件恶劣，还有很多凶险的野蛮部落，导致许多探险家未到达目的地便惨遭不测。塞缪尔•弗格森博士决定沿着前人的足迹去探寻神秘的非洲，他想出了一个大胆的计划——乘热气球横越非洲。他与猎人朋友肯尼迪及仆人乔在做好一切准备之后，一起开始了一段神奇的空中旅行。旅行中充满了各种刺激冒险：他们鸟瞰非洲美景；品尝各种野味；营救一名法国传教士；艰难地飞过沙漠。最危险的是，气球已经开始泄露氧气，他们如何在食人族的疯狂追赶下逃生……《凡尔纳科幻经典:气球上的五星期(插图版•全译本)》对非洲大陆的风景描写十分生动细腻，充满对大自然的敬畏与向往，并体现了人与人之间的友谊和关怀。作者还通过主人公之口，为读者详尽介绍了所乘气球的技术结构，融科学知识于有趣的故事之中。

352 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 1, 2012

About the author

Novels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).

This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).

Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."

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