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Title	:	The Master of the World (Extraordinary Voyages, #53)
Author	:	Jules Verne
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 192 pages
Published	:	May 22nd 2006 by 1st World Library - Literary Society (first published 1904)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Classics. Fiction. Adventure

The Master of the World (Extraordinary Voyages, #53) Paperback | Pages: 192 pages

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If I speak of myself in this story, it is because I have been deeply involved in its startling events, events doubtless among the most extraordinary which this twentieth century will witness. Sometimes I even ask myself if all this has really happened, if its pictures dwell in truth in my memory, and not merely in my imagination. In my position as head inspector in the federal police department at Washington, urged on moreover by the desire, which has always been very strong in me, to investigate and understand everything which is mysterious, I naturally became much interested in these remarkable occurrences. And as I have been employed by the government in various important affairs and secret missions since I was a mere lad, it also happened very naturally that the head of my department placed In my charge this astonishing investigation, wherein I found myself wrestling with so many impenetrable mysteries.

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Original Title:	Maître du monde
ISBN:	142181885X (ISBN13: 9781421818856)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Robur, Tom Turner, Uncle Prudent, John Strock

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Narrated by John Strock, the head inspector in the federal police department in Washington, DC, 'The Master of the World" tells the tales surrounding Robur the Conqueror an inventor who creates this large ten-meter long vehicle called the Terror that could be a speedboat, submarine, automobile, or aircraft. Well a whole lot of strange happenings occur in the eastern US and Mr Strock goes to investigate getting himself all caught up in these occurances and Robur, the Master of the World.

This is not one of Verne's best works, but still an enjoyable adventure story. Verne tries too hard to conceal the identity of the villain, resulting in a very stilted narrative. The amazing supercar that can also fly and sail underwater is a fantastic invention that I would have liked Verne to describe in more detail, especially its source of power.

A disappointing lack of protagonism lets this one down.The main character and narrator is a police inspector who's trying to find and foil the supervillain after whom the book is named. He tries several things and fails conspicuously. Nothing wrong with a try-fail cycle, but he then acts as what I call a "camera character," a mobile point-of-view that observes events without really affecting them. He's finally saved by one of several deus ex machina moments, brought on by the villain's pride in

By way of comparison to gaslight stories in the same vein, is far superior to George Griffith's The Outlaws of the Air which I happened to read recently. It's been a while since I read other similar novels like Hartmann the Anarchist and Wells' War in the Air but I'd opine that TMotW is in roughly the same league.Full of your basic adventure and suspense although it might not be Verne's best s.f. and, in ways, I can see why those who aren't Verne enthusiasts might not appreciate it. Trivia:

I like Jules Verne, his books last and give a glimpse into Victorian times. This book is about modern inventions like cars, airplanes, ships, and submarines. It is a fun read. The only issue for me is that the inventors die at the end because they do not fit properly into society and their inventions are too scary. They are not the anti-heroes that came to be in the 1960s.

The review from afar No. 302015 forward to these overseas reviews:Thanks to Project Gutenberg for supplying me with books for an old Kindle 3G.The Master of The World is the follow-up novel by Jules Verne to Robur the Conqueror. The sequel was written 18 years after the original and takes up the story at the end without connecting the two very well. The tone and the style of this novel is vastly different from the other. In the first (1884) Verne presents us with an advanced heavier-than-air

First published in French in 1904 and in English in 1911, The Master of the World is another of Jules Vernes adventure novels with an SFF twist. Its a sequel to Robur the Conqueror, though its not necessary to have read that book first (I didnt). The story is set in 1903 and, as so many of Vernes novels do, features fantastical machines and gadgetry. It should be of particular interest to those who love steampunk and to Vernes fans who want to read one of the authors last novels.Vernes hero is