From the Earth to the Moon

By: Jules Verne

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

The War of the Rebellion is over, and the members of the American Gun Club, bored with inactivity, look around for a new project. At last they have it: "We will build the greatest projectile the world has ever seen and make the moon our 38th state!"

When From the Earth to the Moon was published in 1865, it was regarded as pure fantasy. Who could imagine a rocket that would carry men and animals through space? Today, like so many of Jules Verne's prophecies, space travel is a reality. Here's a fun adventure story that shows how Verne, with foresight that is at times almost eerily accurate, envisioned a trip to the moon.

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Disappointed

Not the quality of the majority of Jules Verne stories. Performance was done very well. Just disappointed in the story, it is the first of his titles I have read that I really didn’t care for.

More humor, intentional and accidental in this tale of prep and planning humanity’s first space voyage.

An early example of Science Fiction and, to a lesser degree, a social satire. Limited by available scientific data, Verne’s theories of surmounting the task of traveling to the Moon vary from remarkably accurate to ridiculous. Entertaining, if a bit dry at times. It would takes us another century to catch up to Verne’s speculation.

good classic story.

Given the age of the story, its great. one of the first ever Science Fiction stories ever written in the 1800's

Not What I Expected

Very technical, and very political. Characters are entertaining, but most time is spent on math.

Not what I thought it was

This book was fairly entertaining, but I was hoping for a more modern concept. This was from the 1800's and it feels like it more so than other Jules Verne books. Still, not completely bad though.