A Voyage to the Moon

by Cyrano de Bergerac

Published 5 February 2009
A Voyage to the Moon (or The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon) was the first of three satirical novels written by Cyrano de Bergerac, that are considered among the first Science Fiction stories. Arthur C Clark credited this book with being the first example of a rocket-powered space flight, and for inventing the ramjet. It was published after the author's death, in 1657.