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In the Year 2889 and A Voyage in a Balloon
In the Year 2889 and A Voyage in a Balloon Author:Jules Verne In "In the Year 2889", Jules Verne foresees the future of the world. He sees "modern towns, with populations amounting sometimes to 10,000,000 souls", "houses 1000 feet in height; with a temperature the same in all seasons" etc. Many of the predictions in the book have already come true. A few experts believe Jules' son Michel Verne may have aut... more »hored part of the story. In "A Voyage in a Balloon", Verne travels in a balloon in 1850 over Europe. "As he spoke thus, he seized some bags of ballast. I precipitated myself upon him; but, with one hand, he overthrew me, and the lightened balloon rose to a height of 1500 meters."« less