20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

An American frigate, tracking down a ship-sinking monster, faces not a living creature but an incredible invention -- a fantastic submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo.  Suddenly a devastating explosion leaves just three survivors, who find themselves prisoners inside Nemo's death ship on an underwater odyssey around the world from the pearl-laden waters of Ceylon to the icy dangers of the South Pole . . .as Captain Nemo, one of the greatest villians ever created, takes his revenge on all society.



More than a marvelously thrilling drama, this classic novel, written in 1870, foretells with uncanny accuracy the inventions and advanced technology of the twentieth century and has become a literary stepping-stone for generations of science fiction writers.

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448 pages

Average rating: 6.6

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TheKaisernator
Sep 09, 2024
5/10 stars
Great book, and fantastic voyage. The book builds tension between the characters but does nothing with it sadly. The ending came abruptly
Anonymous
Mar 13, 2024
4/10 stars
Not for me
Anonymous
Dec 28, 2023
4/10 stars
Meh. Not my style. Maybe it was the translation. Maybe it was the pages and pages of nautical machinery that I couldn't care less about. Maybe it's the fact that aside from Ray Bradbury, I've never adored Sci-Fi as a genre. Someone please explain Sci-Fi to me.

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