From the Earth to the Moon
Jules Verne
27 chapters · 4 h 39 min · English
Read by Alex Patterson, nielsbohred, Esther, Chris Langston, Laurie Anne Walden, Lizzie Driver and others
Science Fiction
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From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la Terre à la Lune) is a humorous science fantasy story written in 1865 by Jules Verne and is one of the earliest entries in that genre. It tells the story of three well-to-do members of a post-American Civil War gun club who build an enormous sky-facing columbiad and ride a spaceship fired from it to the moon. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Chapters
1 The Gun Club 12 min 2 President Barbicane's Communication 14 min 3 Effect of the President's Communication 6 min 4 Reply From the Observatory of Cambridge 10 min 5 The Romance of the Moon 9 min 6 The Permissive Limits of Ignorance and Belief in the United States 9 min 7 The Hymn of the Cannon-Ball 11 min 8 History of the Cannon 7 min 9 The Question of the Powders 9 min 10 One Enemy V. Twenty-Five Millions of Friends 9 min 11 Florida and Texas 9 min 12 Urbi et Orbi 13 min 13 Stones Hill 10 min 14 Pickaxe and Trowel 10 min 15 The Fete of the Casting 10 min 16 Ch. 16 The Columbiad and Ch. 17 A Telegraphic Dispatch 11 min 17 Ch. 18 The Passenger of the Atlanta 13 min 18 Ch. 19 A Monster Meeting 15 min 19 Ch. 20 Attack and Riposte 17 min 20 Ch. 21 How A Frenchman Manages An Affair 15 min 21 Ch. 22 The New Citizen of the United States 10 min 22 Ch. 23 The Projectile-Vehicle 7 min 23 Ch. 24 The Telescope of the Rocky Mountains 7 min 24 Ch. 25 Final Details 13 min 25 Ch. 26 Fire! 11 min 26 Ch. 27 Foul Weather 7 min 27 Ch. 28 A New Star 5 min
