Cyrano de Bergerac 1619-1655 creator Aldington, Richard 1892-1962 text utu 2024 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Voyages to the Moon and the Sun" by Cyrano de Bergerac is a satirical novel published posthumously in 1657. The narrator, also named Cyrano, attempts multiple flights to reach the Moon and discover its civilization. After crashing in New France and surviving a rocket-powered launch, he encounters four-legged inhabitants who communicate in musical notes, value large noses, and include the ghost of Socrates. Through philosophical dialogues, the travelers challenge fundamental beliefs about God, immortality, and the human soul. Considered one of the earliest science fiction stories, it features the first description of rocket-powered spaceflight. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Introduction: The legend of Cyrano. The life of Cyrano. Cyrano's friends. The libertin question. The works of Cyrano -- Voyage to the moon -- Voyage to the sun -- Appendices: Extracts from Godwin, D'Urfey, and Swift. Bibliography. Genealogy. Coat of arms. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comical_History_of_the_States_and_Empires_of_the_Moon Release date is 2024-07-10 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) Originally published: London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1923 Science fiction Space flight to the moon -- Fiction Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800 French fiction -- 17th century Satire, French Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655 Authors, French -- 17th century PQ London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1923 24016234 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001794261 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74000 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001794261 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74000 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134719.0 74000