A Voyage to the Moon (Tucker novel)

A Voyage to the Moon: With Some Account of the Manners and Customs, Science and Philosophy, of the People of Morosofia, and Other Lunarians is an 1827 science fiction novel by George Tucker published under the pseudonym "Joseph Atterley", the story's fictional main character who travels to the Moon using a material with anti-gravitational properties. Two different countries on the Moon are depicted: Morosofia, a vehicle for satire on contemporary issues, and Okalbia, a utopia. The book received positive reviews upon release and was a relative commercial success. The satire was found by contemporary reviewers to be at times impenetrable, while later reviewers have found it to have aged significantly.

The book's place in the history of science fiction is that of an early work from the United States, and part of established traditions of fictional lunar voyages and works of satire. In terms of specific works, it took inspiration from Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels and influenced Edgar Allan Poe's 1835 short story "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" in turn. A Voyage to the Moon contains one of the earliest instances of the anti-gravity theme and the notion that outer space is a cold and airless void. Scholars have written about what can be gleaned about Tucker's personal views from the book, in particular his depiction of an ideal society and discussion between characters about matters of racial differences.