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From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon Free FREE FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON / AROUND THE MOON PDF Jules Verne,Alex Dolby,Dr. Keith Carabine | 448 pages | 01 Aug 2011 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | 9781840226706 | English | Herts, United Kingdom From the Earth to the Moon (TV Mini-Series ) - IMDb Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. This darkness This light would have lit the window, and the window was dark. Doubt was no longer possible; the travelers had left the earth. When the members of the Baltimore Gun Club-bored Civil War veterans-decide to fill their time by embarking on a project to shoot themselves to the moon, the race is on to raise money, overcome engineering challenges, and convince detractors that they're anything but "Lunatics. First published in France inthis replica edition includes the sequel, 's Round the Moon. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published July 1st by Cosimo Classics first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moonplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jul 21, Bettie rated it liked it Shelves: summerweapon-evolutionshortstory-shortstories-novellas From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon, sci- fifraudioclassicspaaaaaacepublished Description: The War of the Rebellion is over, and the members of the American Gun Club, bored with inactivity, look around for a new project. Jan 15, Mike Franklin rated it really liked it Shelves: science-fiction. As expected the science in this book does not hold up, but what do you expect; the first book was written years ago. In fact what is amazing is how close to being right so much of it was and how ambitious a topic this was for its day; it was another 30 years before the Wright brothers made their first aeroplane flight never mind space flight. There are a lot of examples of how accurately he predicted the social reactions. Verne chooses the Americans as the most likely to make the attempt to get to the moon. He presented the whole enterprise as having global support but consciously stressed it as a platform for American pride; not too far off the mark compared to the American Apollo program. Is this so far-fetched? At the end of the 50s there was a global appeal launched to raise the temple of Abu Simbel above the rising waters of Lake Nasser due to the construction of the Aswan Dam. So, I would say a pretty reasonable prediction. I was only four years old at the time but by the moon landing of I was 12 and, along with a probably very high proportion of the youth of the world, I had posters of the solar system up on my bedroom wall and followed all the Apollo news avidly. And at the landing itself the world was certainly watching. This is not so far different to the whole world being gripped by the drama of Apollo 13, or, more recently, the trapped miners in Chile. Despite the fact that people are dying in accidents all across the globe every day, incidents of this nature seem to grab and hold the attention of the entire globe. After their rescue the travellers embarked on a literal whistle stop tour of the major cities of the USA. After Apollo 11 Nixon gave permission for the astronauts to use the Presidential aircraft for a tour of the major cities of the World. So all in all a pretty close match to reality. The book had its flaws and hence its 4 rather than 5 star rating from me. Then, even with the knowledge of science at the time From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon writing, Verne made numerous mostly small errors. But this would not have changed either its speed or its trajectory. Without a force From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon applied, weight has no bearing upon trajectory. I cannot believe this was not known by the scientists and artillery men of the day. There were a number of others. And yet at the South Pole they see snow on the peaks of the mountains. How on Earth Moon! Still a great Victorian adventure. This is From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon stuff of a Victorian Buck Rogers and it should be read by anyone with an interest in Science Fiction. Jun 16, Todd Martin rated it did not like it Shelves: fiction. The bullet is hollow and carries a passenger along with a rifle in case he needs to defend himself from moon-men and some seeds so he can grow some crops on the moon when he arrives. The worst part, however, is that the bulk of the book is a bore, consisting of an endless discussion of the technical aspects of this ridiculous plan. The materials, the propellant, the location from which the gun must be fired, the angle, and financing are all covered in minute and unnecessary detail leaving the actual firing of the gun to the final chapters. And even though the book has been building to this supposed climax Oct 29, Adam Smith rated it it was amazing Shelves: classics. Frustrated with peacetime decommissioning, the member of the American Gun Club search for a means that will allow them to fulfil their passion in developing cannons. It is then that president Barbicane proposes a new goal. A goal that will test the mettle and abilities of every member of the Gun Club and will carve their names in history. What if the NRA was in charge of the space program? This book has been on my list for a while, but I kept putting off on the as Frustrated with peacetime decommissioning, the member of the American Gun Club search for a means that will allow them to fulfil their passion in developing cannons. I had believed that reading a book written hundreds of years ago would be jarring when compared to what has been discovered since, but once again I find myself underestimating how good a writer Jules Verne actually was. There are a few points that have been disproven since his time, but nothing breaking. I was amazed and captivated the whole way through. Jules Verne was the original Steampunk storyteller, his stories show a glimpse of worlds that might have been. He went to great efforts to make his stories informative, but above all entertaining. I would From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon to see a retelling of this story done from what we know now. An excellent tale that has stood the test of time. Feb 01, Jim rated it liked it Shelves: francerereadscifi. I first read these two novels when I was in high school sometime during the Paleozoic Era. At that time, I rather liked them. Now, I found myself being bored by the two Americans and the Frenchman who were shot at the moon from a giant cannon in Florida. If I were in that projectile, I probably would have strangled Impey Barbicane and Captain Nichols for being such arrant pedants. Imagine: Going to the moon without considering how they were going to get back From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon Earth! Since my boyhood, we have ac I first read these two novels From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon I was in high school sometime during the Paleozoic Era. Since my boyhood, we have actually visited the moon and and returned to tell the tale. The reality I find ever so much more interesting than the scientific speculations of years ago which unrolled endlessly from chapter to chapter. To successfully complete his journey to the moon this traveler reader had From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon 1. Suspend most of his disbelief. Arm himself with a good deal of nostalgic affection for Verne's novels he had read as a child. Resign himself to flat and stereotyped characters, long and repetitious technical explanations most of them wrong and dramatic events very pale in comparison to present day science fiction. What he had experienced on the way: 1. Admiration for this work of extensive research and spec To successfully complete his journey to the moon this traveler reader had to: 1. Admiration for this work of extensive research and speculative imagination done almost years ago. Appreciation for Vern's abilities as a pulp fiction writer. Surprise at having learnt some basic facts about the moon and space travel hitherto unknown to him or forgotten - erroneous tales being a great source of learning at retrospect. What he recommends to others wishing to take the same journey: 1. Read the introduction, it will help you put the work in perspective. Dolby in his introduction, to enliven with contemporary tools the projectile's journey round the moon. From the Earth to the Moon () - IMDb It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post- American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbiad space gun and launch three people—the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet—in a projectile with the goal of a Moon landing.
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