From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, Fiction, Fantasy & Magic Jules Verne

From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, Fiction, Fantasy & Magic

Author: Jules Verne
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From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, Fiction, Fantasy & Magic
Author
Jules Verne
ISBN
9781598184549
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.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Jules VernePublisher: AegypanPublished: 10/01/2006ISBN: 9781598184549Pages: 136Weight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d

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.



Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Aegypan
Published: 10/01/2006
ISBN: 9781598184549
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d

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.



Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Aegypan
Published: 10/01/2006
ISBN: 9781598184549
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d