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Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne's prophetic novel of man's race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen. When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking... Read Full Overview

The Moon-Voyage: Illustrated by Jules Verne. Includes the original illustrations, 44 il. (1st) by Henri de Montaut (1868) and 43 il. (2nd) by mile-Antoine Bayard and Alphonse de Neuville (1868-69). This work contains two titles: "From Earth to the Moon" and the sequel "Round... Read Full Overview

De la Tierra a la Luna (t tulo original: De la Terre la Lune Trajet direct en 97 heures) es una novela cient fica y sat rica del escritor Julio Verne.Es un intento de describir por primera vez con minuciosidad cient fica los problemas que hay que resolver para lograr enviar... Read Full Overview

First published in 1865, "From the Earth to the Moon" is Jules Verne's fantastical tale of an ambitious plan to fly to the moon. Set at the end of the American Civil War, Verne's novel is a forward-looking and modern tale of space adventure. With the war over and no other... Read Full Overview

From the Earth to the Moon

Originally published as two separate books, Jules Verne's eerily prescient tale of mankind's first visit to the Moon is properly presented here in one complete volume.

From the Earth to the Moon (first published in 1865) opens just after the close of the Civil... Read Full Overview

Two of the most famous science fiction stories by Jules Verne in one book.First published in 1865, From the Earth to the Moon is one of the greatest adventures by the French writer, telling the story of the journey to the Moon in a cannon-fired projectile of two Americans and... Read Full Overview

From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la terre la lune) is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbiad space gun and launch three people-the... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

This edition contains the English translation and the original text in French. "From the Earth to the Moon" (French: "De la terre la lune") is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons aficionados,... Read Full Overview

Nearly a century before NASA, a visionary novelist wrote this adventure classic about an international space race. Jules Verne's eerily prophetic fantasy unfolds at the close of the American Civil War, as three artillerymen resolve to build a gun big enough to propel a manned... Read Full Overview

De la Terre ? la Lune, Trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes est un roman d'anticipation de Jules Verne paru en 1865. Il forme la premi?re partie d'un diptyque, qui se cl?t avec Autour de la Lune.