| First Men in the Moon Contributor(s): Saguez, Edinson (Editor), Wells, H. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1534648046 ISBN-13: 9781534648043 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - History |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1130 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 9" (0.44 lbs) 142 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 76094 Reading Level: 7.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First Men in the Moon is a scientific romance published in 1901 by the English author H. G. Wells, who called it one of his "fantastic stories". The novel tells the story of a journey to the moon undertaken by the two protagonists, a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford, and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilization of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites". Around the turn of the 20th century, Joseph Cavor (Lionel Jeffries), a brilliant British scientist, creates his own spacecraft and takes a trip to the moon, accompanied by explorers Arnold Bedford (Edward Judd) and Kate Callender (Martha Hyer). After landing, they encounter an insect-like alien race that lives under the moon's surface, which has an air-like atmosphere. After glimpsing the extraterrestrial society, the group must soon escape back to Earth |