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Today I’m here to give you a run down of my best steampunk novels including Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Boneshaker and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea!
My 10 Best Steampunk Novels
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’ or, initially, Voyage au Centre de la Terre was published in 1864 having been written by French author, Jules Verne. It was later reprinted in 1867 after being revised and expanded. The novel follows geology professor, Otto Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel. They discover an ancient document and, after translating it, they discover a dormant volcano with a secret entrance. This leads to a series of caverns which then takes the explorers out into a hidden world in the centre of the earth. The novel was the second book in Verne’s Voyages Extraordinaires series which laid the groundwork for the science fiction genre. The story was so popular it was later adapted into a movie starring Brendan Fraser and Josh Hutcherson and was directed by Eric Brevig.
