儒勒·凡尔纳(1828-1905)生于法国的南特。他还在巴黎求学时就开始给剧院编剧了。他的第一部小说是《气球上的五星期》(1862)，此后他又陆续创作了60多部科幻小说和冒险故事，成为当时最著名的作家之一。

《凡尔纳经典作品·从地球到月球(插图本)》内容简介：美国南北战争结束后，大炮俱乐部主席巴比康提议向月球发射一颗炮弹，建立地球与月球之间的联系。法国冒险家阿当获悉这一消息后建议造一颗空心炮弹，他邀请巴比康和尼科尔一同乘这颗炮弹到月球去探险。三个人克服了种种困难，终于乘坐这颗炮弹向月球出发了。可是他们并没有到达目的地，炮弹没有在月球上着陆，却成为月球的卫星，无止境地绕月运行，三位探险家的命运无人能知……

Chapter 1 The Gun ClubChapter 2 President Barbicane's AnnouncementChapter 3 The Effect of Barbicane's AnnouncementChapter 4 Reply from the Cambridge ObservatoryChapter 5 The Romance oF the MoonChapter 6 What It Is Impossible Not to Know and What It Is No Longer Permissible to Believe in the United StatesChapter 7 The Hymn to the ProjectileChapter 8 The Story of the CannonChapter 9 The Ouestion oF PowderChapter 10 One Enemy Among Twenty-Five Million FriendsChapter 11 Florida and TexasChapter 12 Urbi Et OrbiChapter 13 Stone HillChapter 14 Pick and TrowelChapter 15 The Festival oF CastingChapter 16 The CannonChapter 17 A CablegramChapter 18 The Passenger on the AtlantaChaplet 19 A MeefingCkapfer 20 Tbrusf and CounterthrustChaplet 21 How a Frenchman Seffles a QuarrelChaplet 22 A New Citizen of fhe Unifed StatesChaplet 23 The Projectile CoachChaplet 24 The Longs Peak TelescopeChapfer 25 Final DetailsChapfer 26 Fire!Chaplet 27 Cloudy WeatherChaplet 28 A New Heavenly Body