This book is a delightful satire, and is very enjoyable to read. It's written in a smooth, easy to follow language, and has really no dull parts. I liked the

way the story was presented, through the eyes of the members of the Gun Club, who were very amusing characters. It was also written in common language, so it was easy to read.

This book is definitely not for everybody. If you don't like science fiction very much, I wouldn't really recommend this book. Even though there is much more to this story than just the technical "mumbo-jumbo," a person could get bored in the detailed descriptions of the different facets of the project. I, though, found those descriptions to be some of the best parts. I was amazed that Verne could portray all that stuff that never existed in such great detail. This book also shows how learned of a man Verne was. There are many sections that would require much research about astronomy, astronomical tools, and artillery.

Another quality of this book was that there was always something going on, there were no wasted words. There was also a lot of suspense in many places throughout the book, e

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Approximate Word count = 662
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)