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Jules Verne From the Earth to the Moon

Science Fiction
Englisch
40104 Wörter
Ab 6 Jahren
195
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From the Earth to the Moon is a novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons aficionados, and their attempts to build an enormous sky-facing Columbiad space gun and launch three people — the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet — in a projectile with the goal of a moon landing. It has been some time since the end of the American Civil War. The Gun Club, a society based in Baltimore and dedicated to the design of weapons of all kinds (especially cannons), meets when Impey Barbicane, its president, calls them to support his idea: according to his calculations, a cannon can shoot a projectile so that it reaches the moon. After receiving the whole support of his companions, a few of them meet to decide the place from where the projectile will be shot, the dimensions and makings of both the cannon and the projectile, and which kind of powder are they to use. An old enemy of Barbicane, a Captain Nicholl of Philadelphia, designer of plate armor, declares that the enterprise is absurd and makes a series of bets with Barbicane, each of them of increasing amount over the impossibility of such feat. [mehr]

Stichwörter: from earth to the moon, jules verne, science fiction, sci fi, science fantasy, space travel, classic literature

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Jules Verne The Moon-Voyage

Illustrated

Belletristik
Englisch
106023 Wörter
Ab 6 Jahren
112
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The Moon-Voyage: Illustrated by Jules Verne. Includes the original colour illustrations (1st) by Henri de Montaut (1868) and (2nd) by Émile-Antoine Bayard and Alphonse de Neuville (1868-69). This work contains two titles: "From Earth to the Moon" and the sequel "Round the Moon". It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons aficionados, and their attempts to build an enormous sky-facing Columbiad space gun and launch three people — the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet — in a projectile with the goal of a moon landing. Notable for the attempted to do some calculations and requirements for the cannon. The Moon-Voyage is an amazing work of science-fiction by Jules Verne. The author has picturesquely depicted the efforts of the three astronomers of the American Gun club. Their goal of landing on the moon seemed far-fetched and the mockery of those around them fuelled their ambition. Truly astounding! [mehr]

Stichwörter: Moon-Voyage, Illustrated, Jules Verne, Literature, Fiction, Bullet, Gun Club, Science Fiction, American Civil War, Post, Émile Antoine Bayard, Alphonse de Neuville, From Earth Moon, Henri de Montaut, Around the Moon, Trip to Moon, Voyage, Moon, American Gun Club [mehr][weniger]

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Jules Verne From The Earth To The Moon (Illustrated)

Science Fiction
Englisch
90328 Wörter
Ab 10 Jahren
247
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From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la terre à la lune) is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons aficionados, and their attempts to build an enormous sky-facing Columbiad space gun and launch three people — the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet — in a projectile with the goal of a moon landing. The story is also notable in that Verne attempted to do some rough calculations as to the requirements for the cannon and, considering the comparative lack of any data on the subject at the time, some of his figures are surprisingly close to reality. However, his scenario turned out to be impractical for safe manned space travel since a much longer muzzle would have been required to reach escape velocity while limiting acceleration to survivable limits for the passengers. The character of Michel Ardan, the French poet in the novel, was inspired by the real-life photographer Félix Nadar. [mehr]

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Jules Verne From the Earth to the Moon

Belletristik
Englisch
90567 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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Jules Gabriel Verne (/vɜrn/;[1] French: [ʒyl vɛʁn]; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, andplaywright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction. Verne was born to bourgeois parents in the seaport of Nantes, where he was trained to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early in life to write for magazines and the stage. [mehr]

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Nicolas Arenas The Child from Earth

Auf der Suche nach der Heimat

Science Fiction
Deutsch
5155 Wörter
Ab 14 Jahren
114
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Soldat Nr. 154 hat in letzter Zeit immer den selben Albtraum. Er wurde als Kind von der Erde entführt. Doch er weiß von seinem Komandanten, dass er wie die anderen Soldaten nur ein Klon ist. Die Erde wurde vor Ewigkeiten bei einem Krieg zerstört. Nun ist bereits das Jahr 2304 und auf der Raumstation Merion, dort wo er mit tausenden anderen Soldaten lebt, herrscht schon lange Frieden. Bis er plötzlich zu einem Einsatz gerufen wird. Dabei erfährt er Unglaubliches... [mehr]

Stichwörter: Erde, Science Fiction, Planeten, Heimat

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