Very glad to have read this novel, so full of imagination, humour, and suggestions. I was struck by the similarity to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, and Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach (Perhaps this letter comparison was partially influenced by the Quentin Blake illustrations).
I loved the way Cyrano incorporated classical myths, biblical figures, scientific and philosophical ideas. Indeed, Descartes has the last word in the novel; and Cyrano's depiction of Earthrise as seen from the moon is inspiring.
Much of the narrative is in the form of discourses between the hero and the beings he meets, and yet the plot follows a smooth transition from the earth, to the moon, to the earth, to the sun.
I was pleased to read somewhere that this is Quentin Blake's favourite story he has illustrated. I would have liked to find some of teh illustrations in colour, but these are all in B&W. ( )

I enjoyed it quite a lot. I really love silly stories and recommend it if you do too. The Voyage to the Moon is the most SF, but there are scientific ideas scattered throughout. ( )

I thought this was a comedy and expected something like the satire of Gulliver's Travels. However while there is some of that, there is far more focus on scientific and philosophical discussions. Its a little hard to understand in places but the ideas discussed are really interesting. ( )

El otro mundo es sin duda uno de los libros más sorprendentes de todos los tiempos, fruto de la imaginación de Cyrano de Bergerac, el comediógrafo, poeta, filósofo, espadachín y libertino francés del siglo XVII al que dio fama mundial la obra de Edmond Rostand. A través de la utopía, el viaje fantástico y la ciencia ficción, Cyrano fustiga los vicios de su época y toma partido por las concepciones entonces más avanzadas en la ciencia y la filosofía. Tras permanecer la obra censurada por la Iglesia durante doscientos años, a principios del siglo XX se descubrió un manuscrito completo del viaje a la Luna, gracias al cual ha llegado hasta nosotros uno de los mejores y más audaces escritores franceses del «Gran siglo» y de todos los tiempos; en esta ocasión por primera vez en español en edición crítica. ( )

A hodgepodgy book in which Cyrano appears to be experimenting with or mocking several different styles, as well as lecturing on or mocking a variety of scientific and religious ideas. Apart from the fun of recognizing things which Rostand referenced in writing his play, it is most fun as a sampling of ideas from its time and for its hints of Gulliver's Travels which was certainly influenced by it. By the time I finished reading I had stopped hearing it in Jose Ferrer's voice. ( )