A review by jeffmauch
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne

4.0

Still trying to catch up on all the books I've read this past month or two during quarantine... This one falls under that category of Classics that I'm slowly checking off my "to-read" list. When you read a Jules Verne novel, especially one of his bigger, more well known ones, its very apparent why he's looked at as one of the pioneers of the science-fiction, fantasy, and adventure genres. While this book was written 150+ years ago, it still stands up, though some of the science has definitely proven some of the idea as wrong. The only problem I have here is I just didn't find the book to be all that engaging and exciting, but honestly, that's probably because sending men to the moon and outer space has happened, unlike when this book was written. I've read a number a Verne's novels and this one is far from my favorite, but it was clearly way ahead of it's time at publication. It's really interesting to see this point of view prior to the age of space travel. Verne's imagination was way ahead of it's time and it becomes more and more clear to me with each book of his I pick up. He has inspired millions of people and clearly influences the genres he wrote in to this day.