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‘How many things dismissed out of hand yesterday turn out to be true
tomorrow?’
In 1865
Jules Verne invented the techno-thriller and changed the future of space
exploration using a deep hole and thousands of tons of gunpowder to blast
two unemployed American gunners and a crazy Frenchman through the Earth’s
escape-velocity barrier and at the Moon. Overcoming weightlessness, a
terrifying encounter with an asteroid, and the dangers of getting lost in
outer space or being stranded in a lunar crater, the three men need to find
a way to change course and get home without crash-landing.
This first
ever edition as Verne wished, without the howlers of previous publications,
benefits from new research into the manuscripts and sources. Through its
inimitable blend of science, humour and verbal brilliance, Journey to the
Moon has fired generations of writers and astronauts to open up humanity to
the space age.
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Jules Verne
Journey to the Moon
Translated and Edited by
David Coward and William Butcher
University of
Oxford Press
World's Classics
9780198941781
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(ebook or print)
 

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