A Voyage to the Moon by Cyrano de Bergerac
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"A Voyage to the Moon" by Cyrano de Bergerac is a satirical novel published posthumously in 1657. Considered one of the earliest science fiction stories, it follows a narrator named Cyrano who attempts multiple flights to reach the Moon's civilization. Through encounters with four-legged inhabitants, the ghost of Socrates, and another space traveler, he engages in philosophical dialogues that challenge beliefs about God, immortality, and the human soul. The novel features an
early description of rocket-powered spaceflight. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Page, Curtis Hidden, 1870-1946 |
| Translator | Lovell, Archibald |
| LoC No. | 99001262 |
| Uniform Title | Histoire comique des états et empires de la lune. English |
| Title | A Voyage to the Moon |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comical_History_of_the_States_and_Empires_of_the_Moon |
| Credits | Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 57.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Space flight to the moon -- Fiction |
| Subject | Moon -- Fiction |
| Subject | Science fiction, French -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 46547 |
| Release Date | Aug 10, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 893 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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