Master of the World (novel)

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Master of the World

Illustration from the original publication. Drawing by Georges Roux.
Author	Jules Verne
Original title	Maître du monde
Cover artist	Georges Roux
Language	French
Series	The Extraordinary Voyages #53 Robur the Conqueror #2
Genre	Science fiction, adventure novel
Publisher	Pierre-Jules Hetzel
Publication date	1904
Publication place	France
Published in English	1911
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	317pp
Preceded by	A Drama in Livonia
Followed by	Invasion of the Sea

Master of the World (French: Maître du monde), published in 1904, is one of the last novels by French pioneer science fiction writer, Jules Verne. At the time Verne wrote the novel, his health was failing. Master of the World is a "black novel," filled with foreboding and fear of the rise of tyrants such as the novel's villain, Robur, and totalitarianism. Master of the World contains a number of scientific ideas, current to Verne's time, which are now widely known to be errors. For example, traveling at high speed does not reduce a vehicle's weight.