All Around the Moon Book

It certainly won't be my favorite Verne book, but I still think it's worth reading. Even if it is a bit boring at times.

As in many of his books, Verne devotes a lot of space to very detailed scientific explanations. For someone like me who is completely not interested in astrophysics, this is not particularly interesting. But I can't underestimate the huge amount of work the author did to write this book. Collecting all this information in the pre-internet era, and in some point also before the spread of science due to the globalization, was way of a challenge.

And how many things that Verne wrote about a hundred years before the era of space flight, found their confirmation in reality. As I said, I am not a specialist in these subjects. But it seems to me that many of the things that Verne writes about are right for the space flights today. Of course, I don't mean opening windows in the space shuttle, LOL. I am surprised by this. Naturally, scientific knowledge has made tremendous progress in the last century in space exploration. But all the more surprising how much Verne has been able to predict the future. What probably puzzles me the most is why the missile was launched from Florida. I haven't read the previous book, in which this may be explained, maybe I'll do it.

I was surprised by one more thing that I don't quite know what to think about. This book is very pro-American. Americans are depicted not only as great scientists, but also as a great society and nation. I think I have to read a little bit about the reasons why the author wrote in this way. I'm sure there's something behind it.

Anyway, this is a short and interesting read, even if not always entertaining for a modern reader.