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A Journey to the Center of the Earth (Illustrated) The Classic Edition with Original Illustrations

Jules Verne

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Timcast IRL

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Timcast IRL

It was mentioned as a great book that described a journey to the center of the earth.

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It's an old Jules Verne book, which is a great book. It is a great book. I love that book

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It was mentioned as a great book that described a journey to the center of the earth.

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It's an old Jules Verne book, which is a great book. It is a great book. I love that book

The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast

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The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast

In the episode, the hosts referenced the film adaptation of the title, joking that they each appeared in two scenes that highlighted the impossibility of reaching the Earth's core. They remarked that the movie had opened some minds to the story’s premise, delivering a light‑hearted comment rather than a formal endorsement.

Episode: Laser Cats! 3D

The hosts mentioned they appeared in the film adaptation of the novel and noted that it opened some minds about the story's premise.

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You're in that movie, correct? ... Even IMDB says barely. He's a scientist.

I always say that I'm in two scenes in Journey to the Center of the Earth, and the thrust of my two scenes is, you can't go to the center of the earth. And then my other scene is, what?

Did Journey open? ... It opened some minds about the center of the earth. Certainly opened some eyes when that tape measure came at him.

The Rubin Report

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The Rubin Report

It was mentioned as a book that was published in 1887, around the same time as a law was written in Arizona.

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when Jules Verne wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth

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It was mentioned as a book that was published in 1887, around the same time as a law was written in Arizona.

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when Jules Verne wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth

Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

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Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

The hosts cited the book as an example of Jules Verne turning a seafaring phenomenon—ignis fatuus—into science fiction, quoting a passage about Saint Elmo's fire on a storm‑tossed mast. They used it to illustrate how the author elevated maritime lore within his narrative, without offering a direct recommendation.

Episode: The Mystery of Fairy Lights (October Bonus #5)

Jules Verne's novel was mentioned as an instance where seafaring ignis fatuus was elevated to the genre of science fiction, featuring a quote about Saint Helmuz fire during a storm.

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Jules Verne elevated this seafaring type of ignis fatuous to science fiction in his 19th century novel journey to the center of the earth during the onset of a storm his narrator related it on the mast already I see the light play of a lambent Saint Helmuz fire the outstretched sail catches not a breath of wind and hangs like a sheet of lead

Episode: The Mystery of Fairy Lights (October Bonus #5)

This novel was mentioned as an instance where Jules Verne elevated the seafaring type of ignis fatuus to science fiction. The narrator quoted a passage describing the light of Saint Elmo's fire on the mast during a storm.

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already I see the light play of a lambent Saint Helmuz fire the outstretched sail catches not a breath of wind and hangs like a sheet of lead

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