"The Moon-Voyage" by Jules Verne is a science fiction story from the late 1800s where American artillery experts from the Gun Club, led by the bold Impey Barbicane, come up with a crazy plan to shoot a projectile to the moon with some new cannon tech. After the U.S. Civil War, the Gun Club wants a big project to get their inventive juices flowing again. Barbicane's wild idea to explore the moon is what they decide on. At the start, we meet the Gun Club and see how good they are with weapons and ballistics during wartime. But when the war ends, they are bored with peace. Barbicane, hungry for something new, gets his friends pumped about sending a cannonball to the moon. The idea creates a buzz and lots of talk about whether it can be done. This kicks off a one-of-a-kind science adventure, with themes like big dreams, cleverness, and people's urge to discover what's out there.
The Moon-Voyage
By Jules Verne
Driven by post-war boredom, a group of artillery masters aims for the ultimate target, sparking a thrilling quest to reach the moon with a giant cannon.
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About the AuthorJules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well-researched according to the scientific knowledge then available, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time.
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well-researched according to the scientific knowledge then available, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time.
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