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A review by vingilot
From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon by Jules Verne
5.0
Space travel prior to the invention of powered flight? Jules Verne was a visionary!
What do you get when you combine the american love of artillery, with the french spirit of exploration? A literal moonshot is what! Join our crew as they make their way to the moon!
If you had asked me if this story would work I would have doubted it. The principle characters are basically stuck ion a bullet for the most significant part of the story. Yet it is compelling from beginning to end. Verne shows his predictive chops again, and while a lot of the science here is just plane wrong, he did think about it.
I find it fascinating to see him think about the technology of his time, and how it could be used to go further than they ever considered before.
What do you get when you combine the american love of artillery, with the french spirit of exploration? A literal moonshot is what! Join our crew as they make their way to the moon!
If you had asked me if this story would work I would have doubted it. The principle characters are basically stuck ion a bullet for the most significant part of the story. Yet it is compelling from beginning to end. Verne shows his predictive chops again, and while a lot of the science here is just plane wrong, he did think about it.
I find it fascinating to see him think about the technology of his time, and how it could be used to go further than they ever considered before.