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The Floating Island

The Floating Island

by Jules Verne
Paperback
Publication Date: 22/03/2021

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The Floating Island, or The Pearl of the Pacific (also published as Propeller Island, and as The Self-Propelled Island) is a science fiction novel by French author Jules Verne (1828-1905). It was first published in 1895 as part of the Voyages Extraordinaires. It relates the adventures of a French string quartet in Milliard City, a city on a massive ship in the Pacific Ocean, inhabited entirely by millionaires.

Includes a new introduction by literary scholar Darrell Schweitzer.
ISBN:
9781434450821
9781434450821
Category:
Fantasy
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
22-03-2021
Publisher:
Wildside Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
394
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x22mm
Weight:
0.58kg
Jules Verne

Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist and playwright best known for his epic adventures, including Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days.

A true visionary and master storyteller, Verne foresaw the skyscraper, the submarine, and the airplane, among many other inventions, and he is often regarded as the 'Father of Science Fiction.'

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