Jules Verne is absolutely incredible and I love his books. Fun story: I loved "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" so much that while I was in New York City many years ago I went to the NYC public library, which has one of the most extensive collections of rare books in the world. I was able to look at (but not touch) and original print of the book with a guy that was turning the pages using gloves to turn to all the hand drawn illustrations in this massive and impressive tome of a book. I would consider that book to be priceless and it was really amazing to me that without paying anything at all I was allowed a private viewing of this masterpiece. So is everyone else I think.