JULES VERNE
Name:Jules Verne
Born: 8th Feb 1828
Died: 24th March 1905
Age: 77.
Nationality: French
Most Famous Works: Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.
First Novel Published: From the Earth to the Moon (English) 1865
Five Weeks in a Balloon (French) 1863

I enjoyed the book but I felt like it was too long and too short at the same time. There was a lot of "oh look a fish" and then never expanding on it and yet there were many of these instances... it almost seemed like the author just wanted to add a lot of cool "antidiluvian" animals.

Well to be truthful about the situation I went to see the movie version of this novel starring Brendan Fraser and ever since seeing this I have been dying to read the book.

Luckily I'm about a quarter of the way in now and it is all I hoped it would be. So well written, I'm hanging on the edge of my seat, and just really enjoying the whole fantasy element.

For people who don't know, this book does exactly what it says on the tin, its about a professor and his nephew armed with some provisions and an Icelandic guide who undertake a Journey to the Centre of the Earth. The nephew, being the narrator is the sceptical one about the adventure, not quite believing that it is possible, and quite sure that this is the last journey he will ever undertake.

The Professor on the other hand is a little bit eccentric, and extremely enthusiastic about everything they come across.

Very enjoyable read and will definitely be following up on this author!!
(Always reminds me of Back to the Future)!!