Around the Moon
Author:
Jules Verne
Original title:
Autour de la Lune
Original language:
French
Publication:
1876 by David McKay Company
Genre:
Adult Non-fiction, Non-fiction, Science Fiction
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'It's all very well,' said Captain Nicholl, 'to go to the moon, but how do we get back again?' He is already hurtling through space with his two intrepid companions, Barbicane and Ardan, and his rather belated question expresses the predicament of the three astronauts which keeps the reader in suspense throughout this amazing book. Although they never actually land on the moon, they do solve the problem of their return.
Verne had to write a sequel to From the Earth to the Moon in response to the clamor of readers who wanted to know what had happened to his astronauts whom he had abandoned in space. This book was his triumphant answer.
Once again the author's technical guesswork and prophetic insight fill the reader with admiration. Over and above this, Verne's very individual method of narration conveys a rare sense of tense adventure.
From the dust jacket of the J.M. Dent and Sons edition
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From the Earth to the Moon 
Reprinted in 2019 by SeaWolf Press
Reprint illustrated by Henri de Montaut
Available formats: Hardcover, Paperback
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This edition includes the sequel, A Trip Round It.
Amazing Journeys: Five Visionary Classics
Reprinted in 2010 by Excelsior Editions
Reprint translated by Frederick Paul Walter
Available formats: Paperback, Ebook
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Here are Jules Verne's best-loved novels in one convenient omnibus volume, but with a huge difference. This book features new, accurate, accessible, and unabridged translations of these five visionary classics, translations that are complete down to the smallest substantive detail, that showcase Verne's farseeing science with unprecedented clarity and accuracy, capture the wit, prankishness, and showbiz flamboyance of one of literature's leading humorists and satirists. This is a Verne almost completely unknown to Americans. . .yet a Verne who has an uncannily American mindset!
Includes:
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- From the Earth to the Moon
- Circling the Moon
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas
- Around the World in 80 Days
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