Verne

My immediate chief was a Lieutenant Colonel Verne L. Bowers, clearly picked out by Eisenhower as a highly talented staff officer.

I Saw Nuclear Armageddon Sitting on My Desk

Clive Irving

November 10, 2014

I ask Cuco how The Verne Club gets illegal, over-proof alcohol like absinthe through the fine-toothed comb of Argentine customs.

The Absinthe-Minded Porteños of Buenos Aires

Jeff Campagna

March 10, 2014

The Verne Club is a hip, steampunky cocktail club in Palermo Soho inspired by, you guessed it, Jules Verne.

The Absinthe-Minded Porteños of Buenos Aires

Jeff Campagna

March 10, 2014

Many of Verne's best stories were never translated from the French.

Please don't reprint any of Poe's, Wells', or Verne's works.

The impression produced by Verne's work isn't usually vague.

But I think it may be regarded as proof that Verne cannot be burlesqued.

That it's ironic that the letters in Verne's name, rearranged, spell 'never.'