From the Earth to the Moon

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From the Earth to the Moon is an 1865 science fiction novel by Jules Verne that imagines a post–American Civil War gun club launching a manned projectile to the Moon, pioneering realistic space travel storytelling.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
science fiction novel
work of literature
adaptedAs film
television production
anticipatedConcept launch from Florida for a lunar mission
space capsule
weightlessness in space
approximateWordCount about 70,000 words
author Jules Verne NERFINISHED
centralTheme exploration of the Moon
space travel
technological ambition
countryOfOrigin France
firstEnglishPublicationYear 1867
followedBy Around the Moon NERFINISHED
form prose
genre adventure fiction
science fiction
hasEnglishTranslation From the Earth to the Moon NERFINISHED
hasFictionalDevice Columbiad cannon NERFINISHED
hasFictionalLocation Tampa Town, Florida NERFINISHED
hasSequel Around the Moon NERFINISHED
influenced early rocketry enthusiasts
later space travel fiction
launchSiteInStory Florida NERFINISHED
literaryMovement scientific romance
mainOrganization Baltimore Gun Club NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableCharacter Captain Nicholl NERFINISHED
Impey Barbicane NERFINISHED
Michel Ardan NERFINISHED
originalLanguage French
originalTitle De la Terre à la Lune NERFINISHED
pioneeringAspect detailed technical description of a lunar mission
early realistic depiction of space travel
placeOfFirstPublication Paris NERFINISHED
plotSummary A gun club designs and launches a giant cannon to send a projectile to the Moon.
publicationYear 1865
publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel NERFINISHED
scientificMethodUse features calculations of escape velocity and trajectory
series Voyages extraordinaires NERFINISHED
setInPeriod post–American Civil War era
subject Moon NERFINISHED
astronomy
ballistics
timeToMoonInStory about 97 hours
workInPublicDomain true

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A Trip to the Moon basedOn From the Earth to the Moon
Discoveryland basedOnWorksOf From the Earth to the Moon
this entity surface form: Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon
Discoveryland basedOnWorksOf From the Earth to the Moon
this entity surface form: Jules Verne’s Around the Moon
Byron Haskin directed From the Earth to the Moon
this entity surface form: From the Earth to the Moon (1958 film)
Jules Verne notableWork From the Earth to the Moon