| First Men in the Moon Contributor(s): Cedeno, Yasmira (Editor), Wells, H. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 153706889X ISBN-13: 9781537068893 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $10.57 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Lexile Measure: 1130 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 9" (0.58 lbs) 190 pages |
| 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". When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever. |