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Master of the World (1904)

by Jules Verne

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Series: Robur the Conqueror (2), The Extraordinary Voyages (53)

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Jules Verne, author of such works as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days, is recognized as one of the masters of the golden age of science fiction. In The Master of the World, a series of catastrophes strike the Atlantic Seaboard of the United States, and an intrepid investigator postulates that they might all be connected to a mysterious mad scientist who is sequestered in a compound in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Kind of a fun character, but Verne forgot to write a story for him. ( )
  3Oranges | Jun 24, 2023 |
Follow-up to Robur the Conquerer. This time he's back and with a vessel that can run on land, sea or sky, or underwater. Slightly more interesting than its predecessor as events are investigated by a proto-fbi agent. Overall though it still pretty pointless and boring. ( )
  wreade1872 | Nov 28, 2021 |
This was another one of Verne's lesser works. Although the plot was somewhat interesting, the writing came across as a bit stale and old-fashioned and the plotting was not as strong as it could have been. Even for myself, who likes Verne, I don't think this is a very impressive novel.

2 stars. ( )
  DanielSTJ | Mar 11, 2020 |
I like Verne very much even though much of his works I have read so far are cartoonish.

Nonetheless, there is just a positive, forward looking sense that I find invigorating.

This is not the best I have read to date , and I understand the last he wrote. Some say it is a poor cousin of Captain Nemo, and I get that.

It is also a sequel apparently to Robert the Conquerer, which I have now obtained via Gutenberg so will report on that later

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  bigship | Mar 11, 2020 |
One of the lesser known Verne works and somewhat of a follow up to" Robur the Conqueror".

Unlike "Robur", the protagonist is fairly likeable. "Robur" is almost a travelogue - The antagonist, Robur, appears quickly. In "Master", the story is more of a mystery - Robur appears at the end of the story. In this it is somewhat like Nemo's appearance in "Mysterious Island", though "Master" is certainly not up to its story-telling and depth.

I enjoyed reading it as a technological mystery. It does not have the foretelling of "Robur" but I don't think that was the intent. Verne is simply recycling a character because he needs a genius antagonist. Just read and enjoy for what it is. ( )
  Bill.Bradford | Dec 24, 2012 |
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Jules Verne, author of such works as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days, is recognized as one of the masters of the golden age of science fiction. In The Master of the World, a series of catastrophes strike the Atlantic Seaboard of the United States, and an intrepid investigator postulates that they might all be connected to a mysterious mad scientist who is sequestered in a compound in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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