How accurately did the father of science fiction predict the modern world?
Eight decades after Jules Verne's death, his great-grandson opened a family safe and discovered an unpublished manuscript. In this episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll review some of Verne's remarkable predictions for the 20th century and consider why he never published the novel.
We'll also discuss listeners' ideas about the mysterious death of nine Soviet ski hikers in 1959 and puzzle over how a man's breakfast turns deadly.
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