> The same author who wrote the 1873 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seaalso wrote which of the following books?Considering Around the World in Eighty Days, King Solomon's Mines, TreasureIsland and Ivanhoe, the answer is: Around the World in Eighty Days.Photo courtesy: public domain.French author Jules Verne laid the groundwork formodern science fiction. His adventure novels include Journey to the Center ofthe Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and From the Earth to the Moon. With works translated into more than 140 languages, Verne is one of theworld’s most translated authors.Science fiction didn't appear out of the blue – Verne's greatest works makereference to classic myths and tales by which he is preceded by some severalhundred years. For example, the Captain Nemo from Twenty Thousand Leagues is adirect reference to the Odyssey, as it is the name that Odysseus uses to concealhis identity from the cyclops. Additionally, Verne was quick to adapt thefantastical liminality of his predecessor Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in orderto create fictional realities in which the possibilities of the future becamepertinent, probable, and exciting. In this sense, science fiction both buildsoff of and manipulates stories that have persisted across fiction for centuries. Verne completed ample scientific research for his novels, drawing from thescience of the time period (and its methods) to help project a future he thoughtcould resemble reality. Further, Verne used familiar problem-solving in the formof puzzles to ground his reader in reality before whisking them away to fantasy. Journey to the Center to the Earth is one of such novels, as the charactersfinally find their way to the center of the Earth by deciphering a cypher.Thanks to Verne, puzzles as the key to unlocking magical realities are now awidely used trope in the genre of science fiction. What's most interesting, perhaps, is to consider the ways in which Verne'sfantastical reality of the future eerily resembles the reality of the present.Machines that can transmit information across long distances, carriages that canpull without horse power, and ships that sail below the surface of the sea arejust a few of the ideas that Verne imagined the future could bring. Soundfamiliar? Check out this Britannica article[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jules-Verne]to learn more about thishighly influential science fiction author.