Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Verne took readers twenty thousand leagues beneath the ocean's surface and introduced Captain Nemo — the original tech genius turned misanthrope.
“The sea is everything. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.”
Why It Matters
Verne took readers twenty thousand leagues beneath the ocean's surface and introduced Captain Nemo — the original tech genius turned misanthrope. The novel essentially invented the science fiction submarine story and predicted actual submarine technology decades before it existed. It is Verne at his most visionary, imagining a future that actually arrived.
The 
Take
Personal reviewFun to see Vernes passion for science bleed through. Does a great job thinking up a lot of great stuff that can happen under the sea. Good read
Notable Quotes
“The earth does not want new continents, but new men.”
“I am not what you call a civilised man! I have done with society entirely, for reasons which I alone have the right of appreciating.”