From the Earth to the Moon
by Jules VERNE (1828 - 1905)
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)
Listen next episodes of
From the Earth to the Moon:
Ch. 16 The Columbiad and Ch. 17 A Telegraphic Dispatch ,
Ch. 18 The Passenger of the Atlanta ,
Ch. 19 A Monster Meeting ,
Ch. 20 Attack and Riposte ,
Ch. 21 How A Frenchman Manages An Affair ,
Ch. 22 The New Citizen of the United States ,
Ch. 23 The Projectile-Vehicle ,
Ch. 24 The Telescope of the Rocky Mountains ,
Ch. 25 Final Details ,
Ch. 26 Fire! ,
Ch. 27 Foul Weather ,
Ch. 28 A New Star ,
Florida and Texas ,
Pickaxe and Trowel ,
Stones Hill ,
The Fete of the Casting ,
Urbi et Orbi