FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON

Special Edition

Includes The Sequel

AROUND THE MOON

By Jules verne

Books Included

1. 
   

   FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON

   
   


2. 
   

   AROUND THE MOON

   
   


3. 
   

   FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
   
   Synopsis
   
   From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la terre à 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 Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet—in a projectile with the goal of a moon landing.The story is also notable in that Verne attempted to do some rough calculations as to the requirements for the cannon and, considering the comparative lack of any data on the subject at the time, some of his figures are surprisingly close to reality. However, his scenario turned out to be impractical for safe manned space travel since a much longer muzzle would have been required to reach escape velocity while limiting acceleration to survivable limits for the passengers.

   
   


4. 
   

   AROUND THE MOON
   
   Synopsis
   
   Around the Moon (French: Autour de la Lune, 1870), Jules Verne's sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, is a science fiction novel which continues the trip to the moon which was only partially described in the previous novel. It was later combined with From the Earth to the Moon to create A Trip to the Moon and Around It. From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon served as the basis for the film A Trip to the Moon.

   
   

File information:

File size (Digital) (283KB)

Books (2)

Page count (8.5x11) (260)

Word count (91,132)

Working table of contents (Yes)

Font size (12pt)

Originally published (1865)

Republished (2019