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Brace yourself for an out-of-this-world adventure in this Jules Verne classic following a small group of survivors set adrift in space by a comet--now with an arresting new look

Nearly a century before space travel captured the imaginations of science-fiction writers and readers, Jules Verne envisioned an incident in which a comet impact in the vicinity of Gibraltar sends a piece of the Earth on a two-year trip around the solar system. Thirty-six unsuspecting... Read Full Overview

Off on a Comet (French: Hector Servadac) is an 1877 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story starts with a comet called Gallia, that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. The disaster occurred on January 1 of the year 188x in the area around... Read Full Overview

The story starts with a comet called Gallia, that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. The disaster occurred on January 1 of the year 188x in the area around Gibraltar. On the territory that was carried away by the comet there remained a total... Read Full Overview

When a comet strikes, it breaks off a section of the Earth, sending it spinning into outer space - along with a group of survivors who were not left behind Can they survive the harsh conditions of their new, reduced world, and if not, how can they get home?

Brace yourself for an out-of-this-world adventure in this Jules Verne classic following a small group of survivors set adrift in space by a comet--now with an arresting new look

En la costa de Algiers, el capit n franc s H ctor Servadac, su ordenanza Ben-Zuf y el suelo bajo sus pies son barridos de la faz de la Tierra tr s el paso de un cometa. El mundo a su alrededor r pidamente cambia y cuando la pareja comienza a explorar, descubren que junto con... Read Full Overview

Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 - 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

Verne's collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched... Read Full Overview

Off on a Comet (French: Hector Servadac) is an 1877 science fiction novel by Jules Verne.The story starts with a comet called Gallia, that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. The disaster occurs on January 1 of the year 188x in the area around... Read Full Overview

"Nothing, sir, can induce me to surrender my claim.""I am sorry, count, but in such a matter your views cannot modify mine.""But allow me to point out that my seniority unquestionably gives me a prior right.""Mere seniority, I assert, in an affair of this kind, cannot possibly... Read Full Overview

Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 - 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

Verne's collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched... Read Full Overview