About the Book: From the Earth to the Moon (1865) by Jules Verne is a classic science fiction novel about the Baltimore Gun Club’s daring plan to build the Columbiad cannon and launch a manned projectile to the moon. The story follows three travelers—the club president, his rival from Philadelphia, and a French poet—on their adventurous journey to achieve the first lunar landing. Verne’s work is notable for its surprisingly accurate calculations on space travel, despite limited scientific knowledge at the time. The novel was followed by a sequel, Around the Moon, and inspired the 1875 opera Le voyage dans la luneby Jacques Offenbach. This pioneering tale combines imaginative storytelling with early space exploration concepts, making it a landmark in science fiction literature.
