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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

cabbagingcove:

Illustrations and cover art for Maître du monde (Master of the World)

Master of the World is a dark science-fiction novel by Jules Verne, written in 1904. It was written during a bleak period near the end of Verne’s life, when his health was failing, and his outlook on the world was distinctly more cynical and dark than his earlier, brighter novels.

Illustrations by Georges Roux.

cabbagingcove: “Projectile trains to the moon” Well, there’s one way to get to the moon. No promises about not smashing into it, though. From the Earth to the Moon, and Around the Moon. Jules Verne, originally published in 1865 and 1870.

cabbagingcove:

“Projectile trains to the moon”

Well, there’s one way to get to the moon. No promises about not smashing into it, though.

From the Earth to the Moon, and Around the Moon. Jules Verne, originally published in 1865 and 1870.

books0977: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. 1928 edition. Originally published 1873. Jules Verne (1828-1905). Charles Scribner’s. Illustrated by W. J. Aylward (1875-1928). “We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.” (Verne)

books0977:

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. 1928 edition. Originally published 1873. Jules Verne (1828-1905). Charles Scribner’s. Illustrated by W. J. Aylward (1875-1928). “We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.” (Verne)

Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne ; pictures by N.C. Wyeth.

Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne ; pictures by N.C. Wyeth.

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oldbookillustrations: It was a polar bear. Jules Férat, from The fur country, by Jules Verne, Boston, 1874. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

It was a polar bear.

Jules Férat, from The fur country, by Jules Verne, Boston, 1874.

(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations: “We saw their fire; they will see ours” Jules Férat, from The fur country, by Jules Verne, Boston, 1874. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

“We saw their fire; they will see ours”

Jules Férat, from The fur country, by Jules Verne, Boston, 1874.

(Source: archive.org)

pocketmerlin: Recent “think-geek” purchase, the Capt Jules’s extra-ordinary Telescope Ring.  What every steam-punk pirate should be wearing (treasure map not included).

pocketmerlin:

Recent “think-geek” purchase, the Capt Jules’s extra-ordinary Telescope Ring.  What every steam-punk pirate should be wearing (treasure map not included).

mudwerks: (via Smithsonian Libraries: Joyeux anniversaire, Jules Verne!) Science and Invention, Vol. VIII, No. 4, Aug. 1920 , 1920. Today, February 8th, 2012, marks the 189th anniversary of the birth of French science fiction pioneer Jules Verne…

mudwerks:

(via Smithsonian Libraries: Joyeux anniversaire, Jules Verne!)

Science and Invention, Vol. VIII, No. 4, Aug. 1920 , 1920.

Today, February 8th, 2012, marks the 189th anniversary of the birth of French science fiction pioneer Jules Verne…

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oldbookillustrations: He looked superb. Léon Benett, from Claudius Bombarnac (The special correspondent; or, The adventures of Claudius Bombarnac), by Jules Verne, Paris, 1900. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

He looked superb.

Léon Benett, from Claudius Bombarnac (The special correspondent; or, The adventures of Claudius Bombarnac), by Jules Verne, Paris, 1900.

(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations: Suddenly he fell full length. Léon Benett, from Claudius Bombarnac (The special correspondent; or, The adventures of Claudius Bombarnac), by Jules Verne, Paris, 1900. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Suddenly he fell full length.

Léon Benett, from Claudius Bombarnac (The special correspondent; or, The adventures of Claudius Bombarnac), by Jules Verne, Paris, 1900.

(Source: archive.org)