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Off on a Comet (French: Hector Servadac) is an 1877 science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne. It recounts the journey of several people carried away by a comet contacting the Earth. The comet passes by various bodies in the Solar System before returning the travelers to the Earth.
Aug 15, 2008 · In the same year with “Off on a Comet,” 1877, was published also the tale variously named and translated as “The Black Indies,” “The Underground City,” and “The Child of the Cavern.”
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Off on a Comet ( Hector Servadac) is an 1877 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story starts with a comet that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. Some forty people of various nations and ages are condemned to a two-year-long journey on the comet.
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Jul 18, 2021 · Hector Servadac (aka "Off On A Comet") - Jules Verne (Scribner, Armstrong, 1878). First American edition. Translated by Ellen E. Frewer. Hector Servadac was first published in France (Hetzel Edition, 1877). The English translation by Ellen E. Frewer, was published in England by Sampson Low (November 1877), and the U.S. by Scribner, Armstrong.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun comet. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
COMET definition: 1. an object that moves around the sun, usually at a great distance from it, that is seen on rare…. Learn more.
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