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Around the World in 65 Days
The Journal of the Real Phileas Fogg -- From Jules Verne to Tranquility Base
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From 1893-1895 George Griffith was the most famous science fiction writer in England. His books entranced the readers of the 19th century with tales of Martians, submarines, immortality, rogue comets and even spaceships whizzing around the solar system. He invented the Countdown in 1897 and his son would become the co-inventor of the jet engine. Griffith's name became synonymous with high adventure and so in the Spring of 1894 he was recruited to follow in the mythical footsteps of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg. In just 65 days Griffith travelled through 24 time zones and established a new world record. Now for the first time in over 100 years his story can be retold along with a lengthy biography of his many literary achievements by noted Space writer and editor, Robert Godwin. Includes a special Introduction by John Griffith, grandson of George Griffith.
George Griffith was a seaman, a teacher, and a journalist., Robert Godwin is the author and editor of dozens of books about space flight and science fiction. He produced the first ever virtual reality panoramas of the Apollo lunar surface photography and the first multi-camera move of the Apollo 11 Moonwalk. He was the Space Curator at the Canadian Air Space Museum in Toronto and he co-produced the movie 2001: The Science of Futures Past.
- ISBN-13
- 9781897350270
- Publisher
- Apogee Books
- Imprint
- Apogee Books (US)
- Publication date
- 1 December 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 246
- Dimensions
- 100 x 175 mm
- Illustrations
- 90 b/w photos & 39 b/w illus
- Language
- English
