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01288aam a2200217 a 4500 001 C8F34130A84D11E495E17A9DDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150130010042 008 141226s2008 xxu eng d 020 $a 9781605121918 (paperback) 020 $a 1605121916 (paperback) 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Verne, Jules. 245 10 $a From the earth to the moon and round the moon / $c Jules Verne. 260 $a [S.l.] : $b Akasha Classics, $c 2008. 300 $a 380 p. ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a What do you do after the end of the Civil War when your services are no longer required? If you are members of the Baltimore Gun Club, you decide to build a gun large enough to launch a rocket to the moon. From the Earth to the Moon follows the ambitions of Impey Barbicane, the president of the Gun Club, as his plan sets off an international space race. With uncanny details that presage the actual moon landings, large helpings of satire, and an action-filled plot, this novel is one of the early masterpieces of the science fiction genre, a genre that its author Jules Verne helped create. 650 07 $a Space flight to the moon. $2 Sears 941 $a 1 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20150130010302.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C8F34130A84D11E495E17A9DDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search