Luís's Reviews > Viagem ao Centro da Terra

This story is a direct sequel to "From Earth to the Moon," whose narrative was interrupted immediately after the "shooting." We find Barbicane, Nicholl, and Ardan running full speed toward our satellite aboard the shell.
This short novel offers a chance to examine the contemporary understanding of space and the moon. Of course, from our point of view, some issues seem very naive: the presence of selenites, gravity "reversing" on the way between the two stars, and an astronaut opening the cabin window to throw garbage … But we must, however, keep in mind the utterly novel idea of 1869 of the very idea of such an expedition, not to mention its disturbing similarity with specific Apollo missions that took place a century after exactly.