From Earth to the Moon / Orbiting the Moon

Author: Jules Verne
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: These two novels are interrelated and form a complete story. From the Earth to the Moon tells the origin of the experiment, the preparations for the journey from Earth to the Moon, and the launch of the cannon. Around the Moon describes the adventures in space after the "cannon car" is launched. The language of the novels is vivid and humorous, with a fantastical and thrilling plot, filled with Jules Verne's scientific imagination, which was almost entirely verified and realized later. The characters created by Verne in the books are idealistic, resilient, excellent, and noble, earning the love and respect of readers across generations. Verne, like the characters in his works, used wisdom and courage to establish the world of science fiction and speculative fiction, inspiring humanity's passion for exploration.