From the Earth to the Moon (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Jules Verne
- First Published: 1865
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—cosmic voyage
- Time of Work: The 1860s
- Setting: Baltimore, Maryland, and Stone Hill, Florida
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Space flight or travel, Florida, Baltimore, Moon or moons, Guns, Maryland
- Locales: Florida, Baltimore, MD
The Plot
Written early in Jules Verne’s career, From the Earth to the Moon depicts the scheme of Impey Barbicane, president of the Baltimore Gun Club, to hit the Moon with a cannon shell. Five years later, Verne published the eagerly awaited sequel” describing the spaceflight itself—together with the first novel under the new title From the Earth to the Moon Direct in 97 hours 20 minutes and a Trip Around It.
In From the Earth to the Moon, the club members, all of whom are wounded artillerymen of the Civil War, despair because peace has ended...
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