Cyrano de Bergerac's works "L'Autre Monde: ou les États et Empires de la Lune" (""Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon"", published posthumously, 1657) and "Les États et Empires du Soleil" ("The States and Empires of the Sun", 1662) are classics of early modern science fiction. In the former, Cyrano travels to the Moon using rockets powered by firecrackers (it may be the earliest description of a space flight by use of a vessel that has rockets attached) and meets the inhabitants. The Moon-men have four legs, firearms that shoot game and cook it, and talking earrings used to educate children.