Review: A 'Must Have' collection from a Master of the Pen.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2014
I cut my science fiction teeth on Jules Verne stories when I was younger.  His words took me on adventures my feet couldn't, allowing my mind to explore different realities and possibilities than a child could possibly encounter.  Some of his most famous works were my bedtime stories.  I went around the world in 80 days in the time it took me to fall asleep, I dreamed myself to the center of the earth and I found a time machine in my wildest ponderings.Those stories followed me throughout my life, tales that I have visited often as the years have gone by, long lost friends that come to say hello and stay for a while.  Finding this anthology is the Crème de la Crème of those journeys, a compilation unlike any other.  Jules Verne, a veritable god of science fiction, has been compiled and stitched together in other anthologies, his offerings combined in other formats that, while satisfying, lack the seeming completeness of “The Collected Works: The Jules Verne Anthology.”  The rest of the title reads as a content advisory, a titillating titbit to stoke your interest; “45 Complete Works, including 29 Voyages Extraordinaires, 6 other Novels, 9 Short Stories and 1 Non-Fiction.”While my Kindle houses many classic tales by Jules Verne, separate stories available under the public library, this Anthology offered me stories and novels that I have not read.  I was chagrined to find just how much of this great Author had slipped me by, including a non-fiction work I had no idea existed.  Any fan of science fiction, steampunk or classic tales should pick up this Anthology, especially at this price.  It is a ‘can’t be beat’ collection from a fore father that spawned at least a half a dozen different genres.