Chapters 2-4

I have read up to chapter 4 in my book, From Earth to the Moon, by Jules Verne. In this selection, the president of the Gun Club announces he has big news and asks for anyone interested to attend his upcoming speech. The castle-sized building is jam-packed when he gives his speech. He announces that the members of the Gun Club,who still know nothing about this, will be shooting a ball to the moon. The whole crowd goes absolutely nuts with excitement, as does the entire nation thanks to it being broadcast on radio, and the festivities continue to the early hours of the next morning. This topic consumes the next issue of over 5000 magazines as they critique/rave about the idea. The Gun Club receives letters from many large corporations offering their assistance. The president then sends a letter to Cambridge University with several questions he needed answers to regarding things like velocity, where to shoot, when to shoot, and other matters. He finds out that the Moon will be in it's zenith on December 1st of the next year, being the time when the Earth and Moon are closest together, and if they miss that opportunity, the next with all of the right conditions is eighteen years away.

Chapter 1

I have finished chapter one in my book, From Earth to the Moon, by Jules Verne. The book starts after the US Civil War with the Gun Club. To be in the Gun Club, one needs to have invented a new cannon, or improved upon an existing howitzer. This club has 1800 members, many of which are physically damaged from the war. After the war, you see several of these men complain about the war being over. These men have devoted their lives to the art of warfare and don't know what to do with themselves now that the war has ended. They contemplate starting a revolution in Europe so that they can continue their craft.

Done for the Week!!!

I have just finished the introduction to my book, From the Earth to the Moon, by Jules Verne. The introduction gives a thorough summary of Verne's life as well as his works. Verne was born in France in 1828. He attended school and his grades were nothing near outstanding or anything that would indicate his future as a science fiction author. This book was originally titled De la Terre à la Lune and was a big success. Verne's first book was Five Weeks in a Balloon, and was also a huge success. The intro also describes this book briefly. This is the story of three men who go into space with the goal of a lunar landing. Their capsule is shot into orbit by a large 'space cannon' at a velocity sufficient to overcome the gravitational pull of the earth. Throughout the book, i am told, Verne gives the reader many lessons in Selenography, which is the study of the moon as well as Newtonian ballistics, mechanics, astronomy and explosives. Like i said in my previous post, much of this information was very accurately described and/or predicted and is valid today. There is a sequel to this that is Around the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

I went to Barnes and Noble and got the book From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, who is originally form France. He is the author of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, which is a very famous science fiction book that won many awards. My book is about man's first flight to the moon. Mr. Verne died in 1905, so he was around far before space travel was considered remotely possible. This book was written before the Wright brothers' first flight. This book is a true masterpiece because Mr. Verne accurately predicts that the launch will take place in Florida and that three men will travel into orbit and then to the moon in a small capsule. He even approximated the necessary velocity and gravitational pull.

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