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mindcrime on April 22, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Books geeks should read to their kids

Yeah, Jules Verne was awesome. His stuff is fairly popular here in the US as well, although I can't compare to how popular he was elsewhere. I read several of his books when I was younger. The Mysterious Island was always my favorite.

YuriNiyazov on April 22, 2012 [–]

I can speak for how popular he was during the Soviet Union. As a pre-teen male, you were less than human unless you've read the Nemo/Grant/Island trilogy.

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