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Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne's prophetic novel of man's race to the stars is a story of rip-roaring action, humor, and wild imagination. With broad satire as well as scientific acumen, From the Earth to the Moon spins a tale set in 1865 about a group of men who decide to build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon.
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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Après beaucoup de préparation et d'anticipation, les trois aventuriers, Nicholl, Barbicane et Michel Ardan, montent dans un obus et sont lancés vers la Lune ! Les aéronautes sont bien arrivés à la surface de ce satellite naturel, mais pourront-ils revenir sur Terre ?Ce récit d'anticipation de Jules Vernes est la suite de son roman « De la Terre à la Lune » (1865). Il a été source d'inspiration pour le film « De la Terre à la Lune...
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Bien que Jules Verne soit surtout connu pour ses romans d'aventure sérieux, il a également écrit des romans humoristiques, dans lesquels des voyages fort périlleux sont entrepris. Un de ceux-ci est « De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes », dans lequel trois personnes veulent propulser un boulet de canon creux vers la lune, dans lequel le Français, Michel Ardan, pourrait se tenir, pouvant ainsi faire le tour de la...
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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