From the Earth to the Moon : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780553214208 : 0553214209 : 01 Feb 1996 : Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne\'s prophetic novel of man\'s race to the stars is a story of rip-roaring action, humor, and wild imagination. With broad satire as well as scientific acumen, From the Earth to the Moon spins a tale set in 1865 about a group of men who decide to build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon.