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Around the Moon sees three friends journey to the Moon in a bullet shaped projectile. When an asteroid threatens to disrupt their journey, the travellers are thrust into a life or death situation. They must overcome all manner of obstacles and misadventures along the way, including intoxicating gases, the death of a dog and a frantic scramble to recalculate their trajectory before they can return home safely. Presented with a striking contemporary cover design, this classic work of science fiction is an engaging and entertaining story that demonstrates Verne's remarkable imagination. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classics series brings together high-quality paperback editions of classics works, presented with contemporary graphic cover designs. Together they make a wonderful collection which is perfect for any home library.

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Jules Verne was a French poet, playwright, and novelist and is the second most-translated author in the world. Though his writings were highly popular within his own lifetime he was often dismissed as an author of genre-based fiction or as a children's author. This perception however has slowly changed and he has taken his rightful place in French literature. With his genius now recognized his influence has been felt by those in scientific and literary fields alike. He is most famous for his novels Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days.

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