Off on a Comet! a Journey Through Planetary Space

When a comet grazes the Earth, it carries off a chunk of land and a handful of astonished people, who find themselves circling the sun on a tiny new world with strange gravity and a shrinking supply of air and warmth. Verne uses this fantastic premise to explore astronomy, survival, and human nature as the castaways adapt to life aboard their runaway comet. Inventive and full of scientific speculation, it is one of his more unusual and imaginative scientific romances. A curious, entertaining voyage through the solar system, Off on a Comet showcases Verne’s boundless fascination with the wonders of the cosmos.