The Rocket to the Moon | |
Author: | Thea von Harbou |
Title Orig: | Die Frau im Mond |
Translator: | Baroness von Hutten |
Country: | Germany |
Language: | German |
Publisher: | Scherl |
Pub Date: | 1928 |
English Pub Date: | 1930 |
Pages: | 228 |
The Rocket to the Moon is a 1928 science fiction novel by the German writer Thea von Harbou. Its German title is Die Frau im Mond, which means "The Woman in the Moon". It is about a fictitious Moon mission. The book was translated into English by Baroness von Hutten and published in 1930 as The Girl in the Moon.[1] It was republished in 1977 as The Rocket to the Moon.[2]
The book was turned into a film by Fritz Lang, Harbou's husband. The film is titled Woman in the Moon and premiered in 1929.[3]