Jules Verne, Robur the Conqueror. Trans. and notes by Alex Kirstukas. Ed. Arthur B. Evans. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan UP, Early Classics of Science Fiction, 2017. xvii+295 pp. $29.95 hb., $23.99 ebk.

French author Jules Verne gave us some astoundingly accurate predictions of future technological advances. His stories spurred many scientists and inventors on to make his visions a reality.