Round the Moon is Jules Verne's sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. Having been fired out of the giant Columbiad space gun, the Baltimore Gun Club's bullet-shaped projectile and its three passengers, Barbicane, Nicholl and Michel Ardan, begins the five-day trip to the moon. A few minutes into the journey, a small, bright asteroid passes within a few hundred yards of them, but luckily does not collide with the projectile. The asteroid had been captured by the Earth's gravity and had become a second moon. The three travelers undergo a series of adventures and misadventures during the rest of the journey. During the latter part of the voyage, it becomes apparent that the gravitational force of their earlier encounter with the asteroid has caused the projectile to deviate from its course.
Round the Moon is Jules Verne's sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. Having been fired out of the giant Columbiad space gun, the Baltimore Gun Club's bullet-shaped projectile and its three passengers, Barbicane, Nicholl and Michel Ardan, begins the five-day trip to the moon. A few minutes into the journey, a small, bright asteroid passes within a few hundred yards of them, but luckily does not collide with the projectile. The asteroid had been captured by the Earth's gravity and had become a second moon. The three travelers undergo a series of adventures and misadventures during the rest of the journey. During the latter part of the voyage, it becomes apparent that the gravitational force of their earlier encounter with the asteroid has caused the projectile to deviate from its course.
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Aunque empezó su carrera profesional como abogado, enseguida se dio cuenta de que no le interesaba mucho. Jules Verne fue siempre una persona muy interesada en el futuro y que leía sin parar sobre los inventos que se desarrollaban en su época. En sus novelas trataba de imaginar cómo viviríamos en el siglo xx, qué tecnologías tendríamos, etcétera. Algunos de sus libros hablan de viajes y se adelantaron muchos años a la realidad. Sus obras más importantes son 20.000 leguas de viaje submarino (en la que encontramos el primer submarino eléctrico, el Nautilus), Viaje alrededor del mundo en 80 días (inspirada por el viajero Georges Train, que consiguió ese récord), Cinco semanas en globo y el libro que quieres entre las manos.
