Review of 'Around the World in Eighty Days (Extraordinary Voyages, #11)' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
A tremendous romp from Jules Verne; fast paced and funny. The humour is largely based on caricatures of national stereotypes, however; the Brit (Fogg) is reserved to the extreme, unflappable, brave in a noble, resolute but not passionate way; the Frenchman is brave, resourceful, prone to passions and so forth.
The book celebrates technology and it's interesting to note that large scales and great speeds are focus. Many a modern SF novel is also interested in technology but miniaturisation is celebrated as much as large scales and great velocity - think of all the nano-tech and bio-interfaced computers as well as the worm-holes and galactic empires.
