{"product_id":"journey-to-the-sun-9781612275178","title":"Journey to the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Pierre Boitard | Brian Stableford\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hollywood Comics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Hollywood Comics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1839, 25 years before Jules Verne, French botanist and geologist Pierre Boitard (1789-1859) published Journey to the Sun, the first story of adventure and scientific popularization for young people, depicting a voyage through the solar system, with the beings of each of the planets representing a different stage of Man's evolution. Two years earlier, Boitard had published Paris Before Humankind, well before, well before the emergence of palaeontology; it was the first Darwinian narrative, including pre-historical ape-men.Both of these ground-breaking novellas were at the time attempts to produce what would nowadays be called \"hard science fiction\" speculative fiction based on accurate scientific data.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46497263354007,"sku":"9781612275178","price":1701.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781612275178.webp?v=1769179737","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/journey-to-the-sun-9781612275178","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}