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:''Jules Verne is a [[Human|human]] in the [[Hearts of Steel|Hearts of Steel]] portion of the [[Generation 1|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].'' | |||
:''Jules Verne | [[Image:Jules Verne.jpg|right|200px|thumb|...Whatever one of those may be.]] | ||
'''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.'' | |||
We owe this guy. ''A lot''. | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' continuity=== | ===IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel|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, 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. | While visiting [[San Francisco|San Francisco]] around the year 1867, Verne rode a chartered ferry with [[Mark Twain|Mark Twain]] into the middle of San Francisco Bay to witness [[Tobias Muldoon|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 issue 1}} | ||
A few years later, Verne published ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.'' Coincidence? We think not. | 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 giant robots, either, so we'll take the fiction.'' | ''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== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne Jules Verne at Wikipedia] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne Jules Verne at Wikipedia] | ||
[[Category: Comic-only characters]] | [[Category:Comic-only characters]] | ||
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]] | [[Category:Generation 1 characters]] | ||
[[Category: Humans]] | [[Category:Humans]] | ||
[[Category:Real people]] | |||
Revision as of 06:58, 19 March 2009
- 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.
We owe this guy. A lot.
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, 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 issue 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 giant robots, either, so we'll take the fiction.
