From the Earth to the Moon & Round the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon & Round the Moon
Some stories stay with you long after the last page. From the Earth to the Moon & Round the Moon by Jules Verne is one of them – a paperback that rewards an unhurried read. Runs to about 264 pages, so it's a book you'll want to pass on to a friend when you're done.
What it's about
Verne's 1865 tale of a trip to the moon is (as you'd expect from Verne) great fun, even if bits of it now seem, in retrospect, a little strange. Our rocket ship gets shot out of a cannon? To the moon? Goodness! But in other ways it's full of eerie bits of business that turned out to be very near reality: he had the cost, when you adjust for inflation, almost exactly right. There are other similarities, too. Verne's cannon was named the Columbiad; the Apollo 11 command module was named Columbia. Apollo 11 had a three-person crew, just as Verne's did; and both blasted off from the American state of Florida. Even the return to earth happened in more-or-less the same place. Coincidence -- or fact!? We say you'll have to read this story yourself to judge.
Book details
- Author: Jules Verne
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 264
- ISBN: 9789354626616
- Published: 2021-03-01
- Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
- Category: Fiction
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This edition is in English.
Who wrote From the Earth to the Moon & Round the Moon?
From the Earth to the Moon & Round the Moon is written by Jules Verne.
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