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The popular interest in astronomy and the exploration of space entered the world of fiction. Jules Verne wrote several novels and stories about space travel. The images on this page and the previous page are from Round the Moon, From the Earth to the Moon, and Off On A Comet. Note how the lay public percieved the universe after the advent of the new astronomy. The stars are no longer points on a graph but real objects to which one can travel in a balloon or multi-stage rocket ship. |
