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:''Jules Verne is a [[human]] | :''Jules Verne is a [[human]] in the [[Hearts of Steel]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
'''Jules Verne''' | '''Jules Verne''' (1828-1905) was a French author, and one of the fathers of the science fiction genre. His detailed, practical depictions of futuristic machinery are the roots of the technophilic strain of SF that eventually gave us ''Transformers.'' | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
==='' | ===IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' continuity=== | ||
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, the "[[sub-marine]]." However, a technical mishap plunged the sub-marine to the bottom of the bay, a misfortune that brought laughter from Verne, Twain, and the ferry's skipper. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel, part 1}} | |||
A few years later, Verne published ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.'' Coincidence? We think not. | |||
''In the real world, Jules Verne never visited San Francisco, and did not know Twain personally. Of course, the real world has no cool robots, either, so we'll take the fiction.'' | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne Jules Verne | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne Jules Verne at Wikipedia] | ||
[[Category: Comic-only characters|Verne, Jules]] | [[Category: Comic-only characters|Verne, Jules]] | ||
[[Category: Generation 1 characters|Verne, Jules]] | [[Category: Generation 1 characters|Verne, Jules]] | ||
[[Category: Humans|Verne, Jules]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | [[Category: Humans|Verne, Jules]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | ||
Revision as of 15:01, 20 August 2007
- Jules Verne is a human in the Hearts of Steel portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French author, and one of the fathers of the science fiction genre. His detailed, practical depictions of futuristic machinery are the roots of the technophilic strain of SF that eventually gave us Transformers.
Fiction
IDW Hearts of Steel continuity
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, the "sub-marine." However, a technical mishap plunged the sub-marine to the bottom of the bay, a misfortune that brought laughter from Verne, Twain, and the ferry's skipper. Hearts of Steel, part 1
A few years later, Verne published Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Coincidence? We think not.
In the real world, Jules Verne never visited San Francisco, and did not know Twain personally. Of course, the real world has no cool robots, either, so we'll take the fiction.
