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?
The premise doesn’t feel true for me. I’m in the US - Verne and Wells both seem well known generally. But that’s highly anecdotal of course.
It’s crazy…
Younger generations might not know the name at first, by his stories are referenced constantly in pop culture.
Ask them about 20k leagues and they know his work.
For being 100-150 years old, that’s pretty good.