Return to the Centre of the Earth Leskanich. The story is narrated by Patrick Stewart. Recording was delayed after Wakeman was hospitalised with a life threatening case of double pneumonia and pleurisy, and needed time to recover. Upon release, the album reached number 34 on the UK Albums Chart. In 1974, Wakeman released his second solo album "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", a concept album based on the same-titled science fiction novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of Professor Lidenbrook, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans who follow a passage to the Earth's centre originally discovered by Arne Saknussemm, an Icelandic alchemist.
Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne PC game, "so marketing decided to change it." The name was changed on July 7, 2005, a few months after the game's announcement. Benoît Hozjan explained Kheops Studio's choice of Jules Verne's work as a basis for "Voyage", saying that: "Jules Verne's novels provide the two core elements of adventure games: dreams and challenges. Characters are ordinary men engaged in concrete challenges that are [a] great inspiration for puzzles." He further went on to say that the game is influenced by Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon", which documents the lead up to the lunar trip, but draws more