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From the Earth to the Moon

Annotated for Our Spacefaring Age

Jules Verne Anastasia Klimchynskaya Walter James Miller

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MIT Press
04 August 2026
A new, annotated edition of Jules Verne's classic, which considers the past, present, and future of spaceflight from scientific as well as humanistic angles.

In an age when the idea of a ""planet B"" seems tempting, this edition of Jules Verne's classic From the Earth to the Moon (1865) offers a complete and unabridged translation into English alongside extensive annotations and essays from contributors that span disciplines. It uses the prescient novel as a launching pad to consider the past, present, and future of spaceflight from scientific, humanistic, social, legal, and ethical angles.

Jules Verne is often considered a founder of the science fiction genre and a technological prophet who anticipated many modern-day technologies-including a moonshot launching from Florida with a trio of astronauts almost exactly a century before it happened. Verne didn't just dream up cool gadgets- He innovatively combined the scientific and the literary to write his scientific romances. He also thought deeply about the relationship between the technoscientific and the human at a time when the former was transforming human life on an unprecedented scale. Following in his footsteps, this annotated new edition bridges STEM and the humanities and sheds new light on this underappreciated classic by an iconic author.

Essays by Samit Basu, Jordan Bimm, Erika Nesvold, Adam Obeyanji, Malka Older, Adam Roberts, and Asif Siddiqi.
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Translated by:  
Imprint:   MIT Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 165mm, 
Weight:   369g
ISBN:   9780262553865
ISBN 10:   0262553864
Pages:   352
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Anastasia Klimchynskaya is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University. She is the author of Science Fiction and the Modern World.

Reviews for From the Earth to the Moon: Annotated for Our Spacefaring Age

ENDORSEMENTS “Jules Verne imagined daring journeys shaped by science and wonder. This annotated edition and companion essays beautifully illuminate his vision and explore what it still reveals about the promise and challenges of space exploration today.” —Laurie Leshin, University Professor for Space Futures at Arizona State University; former Director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory “From Verne’s big guns to modern societal unrest, this critical edition is a timely and thought-provoking look at how science fiction from the past coincides with our modern moon quest, posing complex questions about science and exploration.” —‎Sian Leo Proctor, artist; astronaut; author of EarthLight and Space Poet “I strongly recommend this new edition of Verne’s classic tale. Its richly annotated translation and original illustrations are top-notch, and the scholarly essays linking the novel to today’s ‘spacefaring age’ are very thought-provoking.” —‎Arthur B. Evans, Professor Emeritus at DePauw University; author of Jules Verne Rediscovered


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