From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, part of his Voyages Extraordinaires series, reproduced here from its Standard Ebooks edition.

In search of an occupation after the end of the Civil War, the Baltimore Gun Club undertakes the design and construction of a cannon capable of launching a projectile to the Moon. The three main protagonists, Impey Barbicane, president of the Gun Club, Captain Nicholl, Barbicane's rival and then collaborator, and Michel Ardan, a French scientist, board the hollow cannonball en route to the Moon. The story concludes in Autour de la Lune, the sequel published four years later.

De la Terre à la Lune, number 4 in the Voyages Extraordinaires collection, is one of Jules Verne's best-known novels. It inspired numerous adaptations, from movies to theme parks to video games.

A landmark work of scientific romance, From the Earth to the Moon combines meticulous engineering detail with sharp wit and boundless imagination, laying the groundwork for a century of space exploration fiction to follow.

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