From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon (Paperback)

from nx74defiant

First half Verne is very interested in the logistics of firing a vehicle to the moon. He spends a lot of time doing the math. The second half is more about the people and how they deal with the situation.

from baswood

Originally published in instalments in the popular Parisien newspaper (Journal des débats politiques et llttéraires) between September and October 1865 after the more famous Journey to the Centre of the Earth a year earlier. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction claims that Verne was one of the two...

from mullinator52

While it is an interesting scientific predictor, the book bogs down frequently with many calculations and much discussion of theories about the moon from that time.

from john257hopper

This contemporary translation by Edward Roth is more entertaining than the other version of Journey to the Moon I have read and reviewed on LT (which though described as unabridged, was only two thirds of the length of this one). There are still large parts of these stories that are dry and techn...