Off on a Comet!
Off on a Comet!
or Hector Servadac
About the Book
This fantastical tale begins near Gibraltar, when a comet called Gallia sideswipes the earth and picks up a chunk of land along with 37 inhabitants. When they realize what has happened, the travellers—including a French legionnaire and his sidekick—begin a research expedition aboard a ship and discover a host of unusual and unexpected phenomena.
First published in 1877 in France, and translated into English later that same year, Jules Verne's Off on a Comet! had the original title Hector Servadac. This turn of the century sci-fi adventure is true to Verne's aim to create a new form of novel which combines scientific fact with fiction.
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Table of Contents
- Foreword
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Book I
- 1. A CHALLENGE
- 2. CAPTAIN SERVADAC AND HIS ORDERLY
- 3. INTERRUPTED EFFUSIONS
- 4. A CONVULSION OF NATURE
- 5. A MYSTERIOUS SEA
- 6. THE CAPTAIN MAKES AN EXPLORATION
- 7. BEN ZOOF WATCHES IN VAIN
- 8. VENUS IN PERILOUS PROXIMITY
- 9. INQUIRIES UNSATISFIED
- 10. A SEARCH FOR ALGERIA
- 11. AN ISLAND TOMB
- 12. AT THE MERCY OF THE WINDS
- 13. A ROYAL SALUTE
- 14. SENSITIVE NATIONALITY
- 15. AN ENIGMA FROM THE SEA
- 16. THE RESIDUUM OF A CONTINENT
- 17. A SECOND ENIGMA
- 18. AN UNEXPECTED POPULATION
- 19. GALLIA’S GOVERNOR GENERAL
- 20. A LIGHT ON THE HORIZON
- 21. WINTER QUARTERS
- 22. A FROZEN OCEAN
- 23. A CARRIER-PIGEON
- 24. A SLEDGE-RIDE
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Book II
- 1. THE ASTRONOMER
- 2. A REVELATION
- 3. THE PROFESSOR’S EXPERIENCES
- 4. A REVISED CALENDAR
- 5. WANTED: A STEELYARD
- 6. MONEY AT A PREMIUM
- 7. GALLIA WEIGHED
- 8. JUPITER SOMEWHAT CLOSE
- 9. MARKET PRICES IN GALLIA
- 10. FAR INTO SPACE
- 11. A FETE DAY
- 12. THE BOWELS OF THE COMET
- 13. DREARY MONTHS
- 14. THE PROFESSOR PERPLEXED
- 15. A JOURNEY AND A DISAPPOINTMENT
- 16. A BOLD PROPOSITION
- 17. THE VENTURE MADE
- 18. SUSPENSE
- 19. BACK AGAIN
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