I was recently listening a podcast from a guy specializing in 19th century fantastic, British literature. At one point he mentions Jules Verne and how he isn’t very well known in the English speaking world.
On the flip side, he talks a lot about H.G. Wells.
Being from a Scandinavian country, it’s the opposite here. Jules Verne is very well known but I barely knew about H.G. Wells before this podcast.
What do you think?
That’s probably fair. I think 20,000 Leagues is pretty well known in the US, probably because of the Disney movie, but otherwise he’s largely ignored.
I’d bet Wells is a bit more known because of his early time travel fiction since its a fairly common plot device now.
I really should read more Verne.