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Blast off with "From the Earth to the Moon," a visionary science fiction masterpiece from the iconic Jules Verne. This groundbreaking novel spins an extraordinary tale of the daring Baltimore Gun Club, a post-Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, who devise an audacious plan to catapult a spaceship to the moon. In the era before actual lunar expeditions, Verne astonishingly predicts technological advancements and the thrill of space exploration,...
2) From the Earth to the Moon: Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Around It
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Scarcely more than a century after Jules Verne published one of the most enduring and captivating novels of the nineteenth century in 1865-From the Earth to the Moon-Apollo 8 circled the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968 carrying the first human beings to fly around another celestial body. With uncanny futuristic vision, Verne had not only anticipated that the launch...
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Extrait: "Quand dix heures sonnèrent, Michel Ardan, Barbicane et Nicholl firent leurs adieux aux nombreux amis qu'ils laissaient sur terre. Les deux chiens, destinés à acclimater la race canine sur les continents lunaires, étaient déjà emprisonnés dans le projectile. Les trois voyageurs s'approchèrent de l'orifice de l'énorme tube de fonte, et une grue volante les descendit jusqu'au chapeau conique du boulet."
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Extrait: "Pendant la guerre fédérale des Etats-Unis, un nouveau club très influent s'établit dans la ville de Baltimore, en plein Maryland. On sait avec quelle énergie l'instinct militaire se développa chez ce peuple d'armateurs, de marchands et de mécaniciens."
5) Topsy-Turvy
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The Arctic region, bounded by the 84th degree, was put up for sale at public auction, many countries claimed rights to this region but America's bid won, a Mrs Scorbitt had put up the money and along with Mr Barricane and Mr Nichol intended to mine the area for coal, they raised money by public subscription and at a meeting declared they would move the Earths axis so the North Pole would melt, all the Earths seasons would change into one, many were...
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