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From the Earth to the Moon

Jules Verne

Start date: December 1, 2019

Finish date: December 31, 2019

Discussion: Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Mar 02, 2023 Sean rated it it was amazing

Shelves: verne-to-read, classics, sci-fi, adventure, literature-french

Why would any skeptical post Apollo 8 reader (the earliest NASA mission that most closely resembles the plot of this book) be bothered with a lunar exploration science fiction story written 158 years ago?

After the initial euphoria surrounding the success of the Apollo 11 had worn off, people the world over quickly lost interest in putting any more men on the moon. With the developments in space tourism, space travel is now almost routine.

At face value the plot of, “From the Earth to the Moon”, ...more

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Oct 27, 2021 Barb rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, series, fantasy, library-audio, classic

Fun and interesting

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May 06, 2022 Kali rated it liked it

Shelves: owned, classics, adult-scifi

This story is extremely impressive for its time, which is a huge part of why I'm being generous and rating this 3 stars. I love scifi, but this leaned a little too heavily into the science aspect than I personally enjoy, and the complex terminology truthfully hindered my enjoyment of the story. The overall concept of this story was still interesting regardless though. I may not have understood everything, but it was nice seeing the journey from the overall plan to the actual execution.

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Mar 03, 2008 Laura rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: french-literature

A team of nineteenth-century American engineers builds a rocket to the moon in this visionary novel from the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days
During the Civil War, the members of the Baltimore Gun Club delighted themselves by designing artillery the likes of which the world had never seen. But when the South eventually surrenders, the gun club languishes, until its president, Impey Barbicane, conceives of a project so preposterous it must be atte ...more

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