Early Classics of Science Fiction: Robur the Conqueror (Hardcover)

from Bill.Bradford

As pointed out in other reviews, the plot is certainly less than in in other Verne novels - still, it is amazing that Verne foresaw so much of heavier than air flight. A fun read just because of this.

from bnielsen

U.S.A. ca 1885 Balloner er blevet større og brødrene Tissandier og andre eksperimenterer med at flyve med dem, men de er ikke så nemme at styre, når det blæser. En amerikansk ballonklub, Weldon-instituttet, ledes af "Onkel Prudent" og han ligger i strid med sekretæren Phil Evans, som gerne vil væ...

from bnielsen

U.S.A. ca 1885 Balloner er blevet større og brødrene Tissandier og andre eksperimenterer med at flyve med dem, men de er ikke så nemme at styre, når det blæser. En amerikansk ballonklub, Weldon-instituttet, ledes af "Onkel Prudent" og han ligger i strid med sekretæren Phil Evans, som gerne vil væ...

from john257hopper

This was initially interesting in depicting early mechanical flight nearly 20 years before the Wright Brothers. But there was very little plot and much of it read like a travelogue. It digressed into sheer tedium and I gave up on it 30 pages before the end as I could not make myself care what hap...

from Garrison0550

I've read a pile of Verne books over the years and I always wondered how one man could be full of so many ideas. Then I read this book and realized this is when he ran out of them.