'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. As a leading scientific writer, historian, and futurist, he covered a variety of subjects ranging from mathematics to humor, and won numerous awards for his work. In the Year 2889 depicts a slice-of-life narrative, following George through his day-to-day life as he attempts to change the way news is reported.

After a long and active career in literature, Jules Verne died at Amiens, France, in 1905.Isaac Asimov authored over 400 books in a career that lasted nearly 50 years. First published in 1889, In the Year 2889 by Jules and Michel Verne makes impressive and imaginative predictions for the future, including video conferences. In addition, he was the author of a number of successful plays, as well as a popular history of exploration from Phoenician times to the mid-nineteenth century, 'The Discovery of the Earth' (1878-80).

His most popular stories, besides '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' (1870), include: 'Five Weeks in a Balloon' (1863), 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' (1864), 'A Trip to the Moon' (1865), 'Around the World in Eighty Days' (1872), and 'Michael Strogoff' (1876). By Jules Verne and Michel Verne Redactors note: In the Year 2889 was first published in the Forum, February, 1889 p. Although published under the name of Jules Verne, it is now believed to be chiefly if not entirely the work of Jules' son, Michel Verne. It was published in France the next year. Although he studied law at Paris, he devoted his life entirely to writing. Redactor's note: In the Year 2889 was first published in the Forum, February, 1889 p.

Jules Verne, born at Nantes, France, in 1828, of legal and seafaring stock, was the author of innumerable adventure stories that combined a vivid imagination with a gift for popularizing science. In the Year 2889 is a Jules Verne short story set 1000 years into the future and follows a newspaper magnet throughout his work day.

In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne