The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures

The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures
Return to the Center of the Earth and Other Extraordinary Voyages, New Tales by the Heirs of Jules Verne
Edited by Mike Ashley and Eric Brown
Running Press | February 2005 | ISBN-10: 0786714956 | PDF | xiii+498 pages | 12.5 mb
scanned to PDF by me.

Jules Verne, one of the founding fathers of science fiction, was the author of such thrilling and perennial favorites as Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, as well as more than sixty other novels of adventure and exploration. One hundred years after his death, this magnificent new collection celebrates Vernes amazing vision. A host of todays top science fiction authors pay homage to Vernes genius with a series of stories inspired by his groundbreaking imagination and original characters. In this anthology are extraordinary voyages of discovery and adventure from the four corners of the globe, and even within it. Following the tradition of Vernes original tales, Ian Watson tells of a journey deep into the center of the Earth, where Verne himself does battle with occultist Nazis, and Adam Roberts takes us to latter-day California, where a descendant of Vernes character Hector Servadac is preparing for the end of the world as we know it. These and many more compelling adventures add up to an anthology that will introduce a new generation to the wonder of Jules Verne and delight readers already familiar with the master.

CONTENTS
Copyright and Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Return to the Centre of the Earth ix
A Drama on the Railway, Stephen Baxter 1
Jehan Thuns Quest, Brian Stableford 15
Six Weeks in a Balloon, Eric Brown 48
Londres au XXIe Siecle, James Lovegrove 59
Giant Dwarfs, Ian Watson 74 Cliff Rhodes and The Most Important Journey,
Peter Croivther 99 The True Story of Barbicanes Voyage,
Laurent Genefort 144
Columbiad, Stephen Baxter 169
Tableaux, F. Gwynplaine Maclntyre 184
The Secret of the Nautilus, Michael Mallory 209
Doctor Bulls Intervention, Keith Brooke 230
The Very First Affair, Johan Heliot 257 Eighty Letters, Plus One, Kevin J. Anderson
Sarah A. Hoyt 278
The Adventurers League, Justina Robson 291
Hector Servadac, fils, Adam Roberts 315
The Mysterious Iowans, Paul Di Filippo 344
Old Light, Tim Lebbon 366
The Selene Gardening Society, Molly Brown 383
A Matter of Mathematics, Tony BaUantyne 402
The Secret of the Sahara, Richard A. Lupqff 424
The Golden Quest, Sharan Newman 454
The True Story of Wilhelm Storitz, Michel Pagel 467
The Shoal, Liz WiUiams 481
Contributors 491