The complete online text of The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne.

The French novelist Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first authentic exponent of modern science fiction. The best of his work is characterized by intelligent predictions of technical achievements actually within man's grasp at the time Verne wrote. Jules...

Jules Verne is arguably one of the most misunderstood writers of the entire French literary tradition. Although ranked as the fifth most-translated author of all time (behind Lenin, Agatha Christie, Walt Disney, and the Bible--according to a UNESCO poll)...

"From now on I will travel only in my imagination." So said an embarrassed eleven-year-old to his mother after being returned home after a failed runaway attempt. The year was 1839; the boy had crept from his bedroom and through the dark streets of Nante...

A MAN ON THE MOON: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts Andrew Chaikin. Viking, $24.95 ISBN 0-670-81446-6 Scheduled to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the first lunar landing on July 20, 1969, this chronicle offers a comprehensive, often penetrating look...

PASADENA, Calif. - Both Neptune and its puzzling moon Triton have auroras, the patches of glowing gas known on Earth as northern and southern lights, swirling through their atmospheres, Voyager scientists reported yesterday. The discovery was the latest to come from the final...