All Around the Moon

About this book

Jules Verne's All Around the Moon captures the electrifying audacity of 19th-century science as three intrepid voyagers climb into an enormous projectile launched from the Florida shore, bound for a close encounter with Earth's only satellite. Confined within the Columbiad, the spirited American engineer Barbicane, the hot-tempered rival Nicholl, and the charismatic Frenchman Michel Ardan spar and combine ingenuity as they face weightlessness, navigation puzzles, and breathtaking vistas of the lunar surface, all rendered with Verne's trademark blend of meticulous technical detail and buoyant humor. Equal parts adventure, speculative physics, and human drama, the novel celebrates the wonder of exploration while keeping readers gripping each tense, imaginative turn.