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[[Image:Jules Verne.jpg|right|200px|thumb|...Whatever one of those may be.]] | [[Image:Jules Verne.jpg|right|200px|thumb|...Whatever one of those may be.]] | ||
'''Jules Verne''' (1828–1905) is an author. | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
=== | ===''Hearts of Steel''=== | ||
While visiting [[San Francisco]] around the year 1867, Verne rode a chartered ferry with [[Mark Twain]] into the middle of San Francisco Bay to witness [[Tobias Muldoon]]'s new invention, a "sub-marine" named ''S.S. Vicuna | While visiting [[San Francisco]] around the year 1867, Verne rode a chartered ferry with [[Mark Twain]] into the middle of San Francisco Bay to witness [[Tobias Muldoon]]'s new invention, a "sub-marine" named ''[[S.S. Vicuna]]''. However, a technical mishap plunged the ''Vicuna'' to the bottom of the bay, a misfortune that brought laughter from Verne, Twain, and the ferry's skipper. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} | ||
A few years later, Verne published ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea''. Coincidence? We think not. | |||
==Notes== | |||
*In the real world, Jules Verne never visited San Francisco, and did not know Twain personally. Of course, the real world has no cool giant robots, either, so we'll take the fiction. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[ | *[[Wikipedia:Jules Verne|Jules Verne at Wikipedia]] | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Verne, Jules}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Verne, Jules}} | ||
Revision as of 23:49, 6 April 2009
- Jules Verne is a human in the Hearts of Steel portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Jules Verne (1828–1905) is an author.
Fiction
Hearts of Steel
While visiting San Francisco around the year 1867, Verne rode a chartered ferry with Mark Twain into the middle of San Francisco Bay to witness Tobias Muldoon's new invention, a "sub-marine" named S.S. Vicuna. However, a technical mishap plunged the Vicuna to the bottom of the bay, a misfortune that brought laughter from Verne, Twain, and the ferry's skipper. Hearts of Steel #1
A few years later, Verne published Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Coincidence? We think not.
Notes
- In the real world, Jules Verne never visited San Francisco, and did not know Twain personally. Of course, the real world has no cool giant robots, either, so we'll take the fiction.
