Sounded ID: 9798823482806
ISBN: 9798823482806
Publication Date: October 14, 2023
Publisher: Author's Republic
Language: English
Author Name: Jules Verne
Narrator Name: Tad Davis
From the Earth to the Moon and its sequel, Around the Moon, present Jules Verne’s 19th century vision of space travel. Because rockets at the time were seriously limited in range and payload, he launches his three travellers from a gigantic cannon instead. In a voyage with striking parallels to the Apollo space program, they leave in a conical projectile from South Florida, experience weightlessness, orbit the Moon, conduct experiments, and end up splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
There are certainly fanciful aspects to the novel, but Verne worked out the math and science in meticulou...
From the Earth to the Moon and its sequel, Around the Moon, present Jules Verne’s 19th century vision of space travel. Because rockets at the time were seriously limited in range and payload, he launches his three travellers from a gigantic cannon instead. In a voyage with striking parallels to the Apollo space program, they leave in a conical projectile from South Florida, experience weightlessness, orbit the Moon, conduct experiments, and end up splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
There are certainly fanciful aspects to the novel, but Verne worked out the math and science in meticulous detail, and his work inspired many people involved in the American and European space programs in the 20th century. And he managed to do all this while combining the story with an often hilarious satire on the American obsession with guns, firepower, and commercialization.
This audio version is the first one in English to make use of a new, complete, and accurate translation. Many of the mistakes Verne has been accused of making over the years were in fact made by his translators, and every effort has been made here to scrupulously follow his original text. Verne’s passion, his astonishing research, and his surprising humor are all on display.
The translation is by Verne expert and space illustrator Ron Miller; the narration is by Tad Davis, who has previously narrated the Verne novels Journey to the Center of the Earth and The Mysterious Island. The audiobook includes two essays by Ron Miller. One analyzes the science Verne used in the novel; the other describes Miller’s series of books The Conquest of Space — new editions, both reprints and new translations, of many long out-of-print books and stories on the subject of space exploration. This translation originally appeared as part of that series.
# | Title | Duration |
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1. | e2m 0000 Opening Credits |
0 mins 16 secs |
2. | Note |
0 mins 35 secs |
3. | Part 1, Chapter 1 - The Gun Club |
18 mins 59 secs |
4. | Chapter 2 - Communication of President Barbicane |
17 mins 30 secs |
5. | Chapter 3 - Effect of Barbicane's Communication |
9 mins 39 secs |
6. | Chapter 4 - Response from Cambridge Observatory |
11 mins 37 secs |
7. | Chapter 5 - Romance of the Moon |
15 mins 28 secs |
8. | Chapter 6 - What It's Impossible Not to Know |
12 mins 45 secs |
9. | Chapter 7 - Hymn of the Cannonball |
20 mins 43 secs |
10. | Chapter 8 - History of the Cannon |
12 mins 39 secs |
11. | Chapter 9 - Question of the Powder |
15 mins 46 secs |
12. | Chapter 10 - An Enemy among 25 Million Friends |
14 mins 30 secs |
13. | Chapter 11 - Florida and Texas |
15 mins 14 secs |
14. | Chapter 12 - Urbi et Orbi |
14 mins 01 secs |
15. | Chapter 13 - Stones Hill |
14 mins 44 secs |
16. | Chapter 14 - Pick and Shovel |
16 mins 04 secs |
17. | Chapter 15 - Festival of the Casting |
10 mins 50 secs |
18. | Chapter 16 - The Columbiad |
15 mins 19 secs |
19. | Chapter 17 - A Telegram |
2 mins 14 secs |
20. | Chapter 18 - The Passenger of the Atlanta |
23 mins 00 secs |
21. | Chapter 19 - A Meeting |
24 mins 04 secs |
22. | Chapter 20 - Attack and Counterattack |
20 mins 46 secs |
23. | Chapter 21 - How a Frenchman Manages an Affair |
19 mins 25 secs |
24. | Chapter 22 - A New Citizen of the United States |
14 mins 45 secs |
25. | Chapter 23 - The Coach Projectile |
16 mins 59 secs |
26. | Chapter 24 - The Telescope |
13 mins 54 secs |
27. | Chapter 25 - Final Details |
15 mins 06 secs |
28. | Chapter 26 - Fire |
12 mins 28 secs |
29. | Chapter 27 - Cloudy Weather |
9 mins 54 secs |
30. | Chapter 28 - A New Star |
5 mins 53 secs |
31. | Part 2 - Preliminary Chapter |
11 mins 54 secs |
32. | Part 2, Chapter 1 - 10.20 to 10.47 in the Evening |
13 mins 13 secs |
33. | Chapter 2 - The First Half Hour |
28 mins 40 secs |
34. | Chapter 3 - Taking Possession |
21 mins 11 secs |
35. | Chapter 4 - A Little Algebra |
18 mins 39 secs |
36. | Chapter 5 - The Cold of Space |
20 mins 31 secs |
37. | Chapter 6 - Questions and Answers |
17 mins 14 secs |
38. | Chapter 7 - A Moment of Intoxication |
22 mins 19 secs |
39. | Chapter 8 - 195,285 Miles from Earth |
21 mins 20 secs |
40. | Chapter 9 - Consequences of a Deviation |
15 mins 04 secs |
41. | Chapter 10 - Observers of the Moon |
12 mins 43 secs |
42. | Chapter 11 - Imagination and Reality |
14 mins 32 secs |
43. | Chapter 12 - Orographical Details |
21 mins 25 secs |
44. | Chapter 13 - Lunar Landscapes |
19 mins 22 secs |
45. | Chapter 14 - A Night of 354 and 1/2 Hours |
23 mins 16 secs |
46. | Chapter 15 - Hyperbola or Parabola |
26 mins 14 secs |
47. | Chapter 16 - The Southern Hemisphere |
13 mins 10 secs |
48. | Chapter 17 - Tycho |
20 mins 12 secs |
49. | Chapter 18 - Serious Questions |
18 mins 04 secs |
50. | Chapter 19 - A Struggle with the Impossible |
23 mins 28 secs |
51. | Chapter 20 - The Susquehanna |
13 mins 38 secs |
52. | Chapter 21 - Maston Called In |
17 mins 05 secs |
53. | Chapter 22 - The Rescue |
17 mins 46 secs |
54. | Chapter 23 - The End |
8 mins 52 secs |
55. | Appendex 1 - Was Verne Wrong |
18 mins 29 secs |
56. | Appendix 2 - The Conquest of Space Series |
56 mins 54 secs |
57. | Narrator's Note |
1 mins 04 secs |
58. | e2m 9999 Closing Credits |
0 mins 34 secs |