De Reis Naar De Maan in 28 Dagen En 12 Uren
1865
De Reis Naar De Maan in 28 Dagen En 12 Uren
1865
Translated by Evangeline
In 1865, decades before humanity would actually touch the stars, Jules Verne imagined three men inside a bullet, blasting toward the moon. The story follows Impey Barbicane, a retired artillery captain who proposes the impossible: build a cannon massive enough to fire a projectile carrying passengers into lunar orbit. What unfolds is part engineering fever dream, part gleeful American ambition, as the Gun Club a society of Civil War veterans bored with peace attempts to reclaim their sense of purpose through the most audacious scientific project ever conceived. Verne's genius lies in his rigor. He calculated trajectories, weighed payload capacities, and anticipated gravitational considerations that would remain theoretical for over a century. Yet this is no dry treatise. It's a ripping adventure populated by eccentrics, skeptics, and true believers, all watching history launch from a Florida swamp. The novel endures because it captures something timeless: the belief that human ingenuity can overcome any barrier, and the pure, reckless joy of dreaming the impossible.
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“How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!””
— Jules Verne
“Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It's better that way.””
— Jules Verne
“It is better for us to see the destination we wish to reach, than the point of departure””
— Jules Verne
“La distance est un vain mot, la distance n'existe pas!””
— Jules Verne
“Réfléchi! Est-ce que j’ai du temps à perdre? Je trouve l’occasion d’aller faire un tour dans la Lune, j’en profite, et voilà tout. Il me semble que cela ne mérite pas tant de réflexions.””
— Jules Verne
“Cheers for Edgar Poe!””
— Jules Verne
“Distance is but a relative expression, and must end by being reduced to zero.””
— Jules Verne
“What human being would ever have conceived the idea of such a journey? and, if such a person really existed, he must be an idiot, whom one would shut up in a lunatic ward, rather than within the walls of the projectile.””
— Jules Verne
“Vete al comedor, da una vuelta alrededor de la mesa mirado siempre su centro, y cuando hayas concluido el paseo circular, habrás dado una vuelta alrededor de ti mismo, puesto que la vista habrá recorrido todos los puntos del comedor. Pues bien, el comedor es el Cielo, la mesa es la Tierra y tú eres la Luna.””
— Jules Verne
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