Happy Birthday Jules Verne!

Today marks the 183rd birthday of science-fiction author Jules Verne. Verne was one of the most influential writers, whos ideas not only pushed the genre forward, but made predictions for the future. He wrote about submerienes and air travel before those things were invted and known to the world.

Verne lived in a time when the Industrial Revolution was claiming Europe and science was what was happening. He began writing and studying Latin at an early age. When he was older, he moved to Paris to study law, but found himself torn between his love of theater and writing and work. Once his father found out he was actually writing more than he was studying, he removed all finances from Verne's name. Over time Jules Verne managed to get his work published, and his ideas influenced both fiction writers and scientists around the world.

Now, Verne's work has seen even more praise with the popularity of Steampunk. In fact, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, was a SyFy (It was still SciFi back then) original miniseries in 2000, that took place in the Steampunk genre.


As his stories are continued to be remade into movies, by actors such as Brendan Frasier in The Journey to the Center of the Earth, and dropping his name and influence in movies such as Tron: Legacy, Verne lives on and influences the genre of future writers.