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?

  • IWW4@lemmy.zip
    42·
    3 days ago

    Um no hs is not. His big three titles are just as famous as Well’s titles.

    • 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
    • Journey to the Center of the Earth
    • Around the world in 80s days

    are just as well known as H. G. Wells big three titles:

    • War of the Worlds
    • The Time Machine
    • The Invisible Man