To Mars via The Moon
by Mark Wicks
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About this eBook
- Author
- Wicks, Mark
- Title
- To Mars via the Moon: An Astronomical Story
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- Mars (Planet) -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 27633
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27633
- Release Date
- December 27, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.To Mars via The Moon
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF PLATES AND MAPS — NOTES ON THE MAPS AND CHARTS
- 5.TO MARS via THE MOON — CHAPTER I — WE START ON A VERY LONG VOYAGE — CHAPTER II — PERSONAL REMINISCENCES—WHY WE DECIDED ON THE VOYAGE — CHAPTER III — WE APPROACH THE MOON—A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE — CHAPTER IV — CLOSE TO THE MOON—I GIVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT — CHAPTER V — WE VIEW THE LUNAR SCENERY IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE — CHAPTER VI — THE SCENERY OF THE MOON'S SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE — CHAPTER VII — WE RESUME OUR VOYAGE—THE SUN AND THE SKY AS SEEN FROM SPACE — CHAPTER VIII — JOHN INSISTS ON GOING BACK AGAIN—A STRANGE, BUT AMUSING INCIDENT OCCURS — CHAPTER IX — A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DESTRUCTION—I GIVE SOME PARTICULARS ABOUT MARS AND MARTIAN DISCOVERY — CHAPTER X — THE DISCOVERY OF LINES UPON MARS—THE GREAT MARTIAN CONTROVERSY — CHAPTER XI — THE GREAT MARTIAN CONTROVERSY ( continued ) — CHAPTER XII — WE ARE MYSTERIOUSLY PREVENTED FROM APPROACHING MARS — CHAPTER XIII — WE ARRIVE ON MARS AND MEET WITH A STARTLING SURPRISE — CHAPTER XIV — I MAKE A MOST AMAZING DISCOVERY — CHAPTER XV — WHAT IS IN A NAME!—THE STORY OF MERNA — CHAPTER XVI — WE LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE POWERS OF THE MARTIANS — CHAPTER XVII — WE VISIT THE CANALS AND DISCOVER THEIR SECRET—MARTIAN VIEWS OF LIFE AND DEATH — CHAPTER XVIII — WE ATTEND A MARTIAN BANQUET — CHAPTER XIX — THE CHIEF OF THE MARTIAN COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF OUR WORLD AND MARS — CHAPTER XX — THE SECRET OF THE "CARETS"—THE SUN AS SEEN FROM MARS — CHAPTER XXI — OUR FIRST VIEW OF THE EARTH FROM MARS—A MARTIAN COURTSHIP — CHAPTER XXII — CELESTIAL PHENOMENA SEEN FROM MARS—M'ALLISTER RECEIVES A PRACTICAL LESSON IN GRAVITATION — CHAPTER XXIII — I HAVE A SERIOUS TALK WITH JOHN — CHAPTER XXIV — THE MARTIAN SEASONS — CHAPTER XXV — MANY THINGS SEEN UPON MARS—I RECEIVE SOME NEWS — CHAPTER XXVI — WE WITNESS SOME WONDERFUL AERIAL EVOLUTIONS AND LISTEN TO MARVELLOUS MUSIC — CHAPTER XXVII — A FAREWELL BANQUET AND A PAINFUL PARTING — CHAPTER XXVIII — LAST WORDS TO MY READERS — CHAPTER XXIX — WHAT HAPPENED UPON OUR RETURN HOME—RESULTS OF THE MOST RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF MARS—PROFESSOR LOWELL'S IMPORTANT DISCOVERY — ADDENDUM
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