Alternate English Titles:

 The Mighty Orinoco

Three geographers, M. Miguel, M. Felipe and M. Varinas argue amongst themselves about the location of the headwaters of Venezuela’s mighty Orinoco River. They decide to make a journey up river to settle their disagreement. At the same time, Sergeant Martial and his nephew Jean are also making this same journey, although their journey is for a different purpose. They are seeking out Jean’s father, who they hope may still be found living somewhere far upriver. The two parties meet and travel together and are soon joined by another party, Jacques Helloch and his friend Germaine Paterne. The parties on their travels upriver overcome many obstacles, but the result one adventure finds Jacques with a strange attraction to Jean. More than the source of the Orinoco will be discovered before this trip is over.

NOTE: Was published in English for the first in January of 2003.

First UK Editon	n/a	n/a
First US Edition		The Mighty Orinoco 2003 (May) Wesleyan University Press  Hardcover ISBN: 0819565113 Translator: Stanford L. Luce Introduction and notes: Walter James Miller Editor: Arthur B. Evans The Mighty Orinoco 2002 (November) University Press of New England Paperback ISBN: 0819565822 Translator: Stanford Luce Introduction and notes: Walter James Miller Editor: Arthur B. Evans NOTE: The Internet booksellers list November 2002 as the publication date, but it was not in anyone's hands until January! SEE and or BUY this book from Amazon.ca The Mighty Orinoco (Hardcover) The Mighty Orinoco (Paperback)
Other Editions: nd (Uncorrected Proof) The Mighty Orinoco nd Wesleyan University Press Middletown, Connecticut translated by Stanford L. Luce edited by Arthur B. Evans introduction & notes by Walter James Miller The book contents include: Introduction (Walter James Miller) The Mighty Orinoco (Trans. Stanford L Luce) Notes Bibliography (Arthur B Evans) Jules Gabriel Verne: A Biography (Arthur B Evans) About the Contributors (not present) The rear cover of the uncorrected proof reads: The Mighty Orinoco Jules Verne FIRST English edition of this classic Verne adventure, with a unique feminist twist! Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first author to popularize the literary genre that became known as science fiction. Written in 1898 and part of the author's famous series Voyages Extraordinaires, The Mighty Orinoco tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure tale: exploration and discovery, humor and drama, dastardly villains and intrepid heroes, and a host of near-fatal encounters with crocodiles, jungle fever, Indians and outlaws - all set in a wonderfully exotic locale. The Mighty Orinoco also includes a unique twist that will appeal to ofeminists - readers will need to discover it for themselves. This Wesleyen edition features notes, appendices, and a critical introduction be renowned Verne scholar Walter James Miller, as well as re[productions of the illustrations from the original French edition. Editor Arthur B. Evans is Professor of French at DePauw University and Managing Editor of the scholarly journal Science Fiction Studies. He is series editor for Wesleyan's Early Classics of Science Fiction series. Translator Stanford Luce is Professor Emeritus of French at Miami University of Ohio. Walter James Miller (introduction and notes) is Professor of English at The School of Professional and Continuing Studies at New York University. "Jules Verne was the Michael Crichton of the 19th century, a fabulist whose ability to link technology with the imagination to create riveting pop-culture products was uncanny." --The New York Times To be published by Wesleyan University Press, February 2003 440 pp. 73 b/w illus. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2" Cloth ISBN 0-8195-6511-3. $29.95