UJules Verne ungomunye wababhali abagqugquzela kakhulu izingane lapho zishiya ngemuva izindaba futhi baqala ekufundeni kwabo amanoveli.
Eqinisweni, lezo kwakuyizethameli lapho i- isebenza futhi ngezinga elikhulu uVerne ufake isandla ekukhuliseni izizukulwane eziningi ngenxa yemisebenzi yakhe.
Okusolwa kakhulu kukumhleli UJules Hetzel, owabona eVerne umbhali okwazi ukuxhumana nentsha nangemva kokufunda i- "Five Weeks in a Balloon" waxhumana nomlobi ukumcela ukuthi enze uhlelo lwentsha olufaka phakathi ukushicilelwa kwamanoveli amathathu ngonyaka, "Uhambo olungavamile" luyavela.
UJules Hetzel uqobo wakwenza kwacaca ukuthi wayefunani ngenkathi eqasha UVerne ngalo msebenzi awasho ngamagama akhe ukuthi ngesifiso sakhe wayengahlosile lutho ngaphandle "kokufingqa lonke ulwazi lwendawo, lokwakheka komhlaba, ngokomzimba nangokwezinkanyezi oluqoqwe yisayensi yanamuhla."
Akudingeki ukuthi kushiwo, le phrojekthi ihehe ingqondo ephuphayo njengoVerne kusukela ekuqaleni. Eqinisweni, uVerne ukhombise ukuvelela okuningi kunomshicileli wakhe futhi yize ebambe ngokuphelele okushiwo yilokho ebekubuzwa kuye, ubefuna ukudlulela phambili ngokunikeza isihloko sochungechunge lwenoveli "Uhambo oludabula imihlaba eyaziwayo nengaziwa."
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