A Voyage to the Moon

George Tucker

1st World Publishing, 2005 - Fiction - 260 pages

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Having, by a train of fortunate circumstances, accomp-lished a voyage, of which the history of mankind affords no example; having, moreover, exerted every faculty of body and mind, to make my adventures useful to my countrymen, and even to mankind, by imparting to them the acquisition of secrets in physics and morals, of which they had not formed the faintest conception, - I flattered myself that both in the character of traveller and public benefactor, I had earned for myself an immortal name. But how these fond, these justifiable hopes have been answered, the following narrative will show. On my return to this my native State, as soon as it was noised abroad that I had met with extraordinary adventures, and made a most wonderful voyage, crowds of people pressed eagerly to see me. I at first met their inquiries with a cautious silence, which, however, but sharpened their curiosity. At length I was visited by a near relation, with whom I felt less disposed to reserve. With friendly solicitude he inquired "how much I had made by my voyage;" and when he was informed that, although I had added to my knowledge, I had not improved my fortune, he stared at me a while, and remarking that he had business at the Bank, as well as an appointment on 'Change, suddenly took his leave.

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Frankenstein, written in 1818, is often viewed as the first true "science fiction". A Voyage to the Moon - written in 1828 - is a cross between the earlier proto-SF and an attempt to give scientific ...

Contents

• I: 6
• The Brahmins illness He reveals an important i: 27
• I: 48

About the author

George H. Tucker earned his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi in 1979 and was awarded a diplomate with specialty certification in Behavioral Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology in 2003. He lives with his wife, Tami, daughter, Ralston, and son Sutton, in San Juan Capistrano, CA, where he maintains a private practice devoted to problem children, adolescents, young adults, and their families. He enjoys swimming occasionally, but his main recreational interests still lie in other sports.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Voyage to the Moon
• Author: George Tucker
• Editor: 1st World Library
• Publisher: 1st World Publishing, 2005
• ISBN: 1421804441, 9781421804446
• Length: 260 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General