Jules Verne ~6 hr read

Fired from a giant cannon, three adventurers circle the Moon, Verne's soaring sequel to his great lunar cannon-shot.

This edition (Edward Roth's lively American rendering of 'Autour de la Lune') continues Verne's 1870 tale as the projectile with its passengers loops the Moon, surveying its landscapes and puzzling its mysteries before the perilous return. Verne blending real astronomy with grand adventure. Read it for the classic second half of the moon-voyage that helped invent the space story.

In its time

Published in 1870, during the 1870s, under the sea and around the moon.

Reading it

~6 hr read (a novel-length work, settle in).