Table of Contents

List of Contributors 1. Verne, SF, and Modernity: an Introduction - Edmund J. Smyth 2. Jules Verne and the French Literary Canon - Arthur B. Evans 3. Jules Verne and the Limitations of Literature - Daniel Compere 4. The Fiction of Science, or the Science of Fiction - Timothy Unwin 5. 'L'Ici-bas' and 'l'Au-dela'... but Not as they Knew it. Realism, Utopianism and Science Fiction in the Novels of Jules Verne - Sarah Capitanio 6. A Hitchhiker's Guide to Paris: Paris au XXe siecle - David Platten 7. Future Past: Myth, Inversion and Regression in Verne's Underground Utopia - David Meakin 8. Measurement and Mystery in Verne - Trevor Harris 9. The Science is Fiction: Jules Verne. Raymond Roussel and Surrealism - Terry Hale and Andrew Hugill 10. Mysterious Masterpiece - William Butcher Index

Reviews

An indispensable book for those who want to see how far we have come along the path toward a better understanding of Verne. Science Fiction Studies