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The Brick Moon | Edward Everett Hale

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Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó While written by Edward Everett Hale with tongue in cheek, this short novel from 1869 contains the first-ever description of an artificial earth satellite. It also describes the potential benefits of such a satellite for navigation, communication, weather observation, etc. Includes "On Vesta" by the Soviet space pioneer, K.E. Tsiolkovsky. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

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The Brick Moon | Edward Everett Hale

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A short early sci-fi story that is unintentionally hilarious to a 21st-century reader, but that's part of its charm.

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The Brick Moon | Edward Everett Hale

Finished another two short stories/novellas ðŸ˜„ They weren't bad, but looking forward to reads I can get more into! ~ Congratulations to you all for whatever progress you've made or cheerleading you've done ðŸ‘ðŸŽ‰ We're one third through! ~ #readathon #24HourReadathon #DeweysReadathon #Deweys24HourReadathon ~ @DeweysReadathon

bmsddk This is the other one I read

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bmsddk Is it just me, or is anyone else noticing a strange coincidence/connection between The Brick Moon, written by someone with middle and last names Everett Hale, and The Lunar Chronicles, with a Lunar (moon) native named Evret Hayle? ðŸ˜®ðŸ¤”

Fairest: The Lunar Chronicles: Levana's Story

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