Robur the Conqueror

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Jules Verne: Robur the Conqueror (Paperback, 2007, Wildside Press)

Paperback, 132 pages

English language

Published April 23, 2007 by Wildside Press.

ISBN:
978-1-55742-966-7
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OCLC Number:
145558789

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1 star (1 review)

The pistol shots were almost simultaneous. A cow peacefully grazing fifty yards away received one of the bullets in her back. She had nothing to do with the quarrel all the same.

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What exactly was the point of this story, really? Was there one? The characters stay cardboard cutouts, character development is non-existent, and the whole plot is going nowhere. Nemo had at least a reason to take the protagonists on board, his expy Robur just wants to be a dick for being a dick's sake. He shows up in a club in Philadelphia, calls everyone there idiots, and then kidnaps the main characters for a trip in his airship when they laugh at him.
I guess Verne really wanted to write a new 20.000 miles under the Sea but was a bit lost for ideas.

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  • Classics
  • Science Fiction - General
  • Jules Verne
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  • Fiction-Science Fiction - General
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Science Fiction