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Original Title:	The First Men in the Moon
ISBN:	0141441089 (ISBN13: 9780141441085)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Moon,1901

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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.

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Title	:	The First Men in the Moon
Author	:	H.G. Wells
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 213 pages
Published	:	March 31st 2005 by Penguin Classics (first published January 1st 1901)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Classics. Fiction. Adventure. Fantasy. Novels. Literature

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This is one of Wells' lesser known novels, but I found it just as interesting and enjoyable an entry to his canon of work.As always, I was left both impressed and appreciative of how much the fantastical elements of his stories are based in genuine science. He doesn't take the easy option of just telling us that his characters 'make a space shuttle', he tells us how they do it, but without ever bogging down the narrative. Obviously in this particular case, the speculative scientific elements

The First Men in the Moon has two unusual features. Firstly the title is not a typographical error or misprint. Cavor and Bedford are not merely the first men on the moon, but the first men in the moon, and this second fact is more significant than the first.It is curious that Wells chose to create a book in which lunar civilisation is subterranean, rather than surface-dwelling, but it does make a kind of sense. Wells depiction of life on the moon has been rendered obsolete by what we now know

...and no cheese to be found... When Mr Bedford's financial difficulties become pressing, he leaves London for the quiet of the Kentish countryside to write a play which he is sure will win him fame and fortune, despite him never having written anything before. Instead, he meets his new neighbour Mr Cavor, an eccentric scientist, and becomes intrigued and excited by the possibilities of the invention Cavor is working on a substance that will defy gravity. Bedford, always with an eye for the

The Men in the Moon was an unsuspected, joyful surprise! The narration I listened to, by Alexander Vlahos was excellent -- just over-the-top enough to bring the Wells' story to life. In any case, it's immensely satisfying to have a story so well told that its visualization is both intricate and easy for the listener/reader. This late-Victorian novel (1901) tells the story of a naive, idealistic scientist named Cavor, and his industrialist/capitalist companion, Bedford, who also serves as the

This novel was such an unexpected fun recounting of how an idealistic explorer and a businessman fly to the moon. The tone of the narration is pleasantly tongue-in-cheek and doesn't take itself seriously. And the moon ... what a wonderful vivid imagination.Forget that it is dated, just enjoy.

I loved The Time Machine and this was just as good! Takes a little bit of a suspension of disbelief - ideas about gravity and life on the moon are quite zany to say the least. The book was held together by the strong main characters. Mr Bedford - an ambitious but reckless man who has 'come an ugly cropper in business enterprises'. Mr Cavor - an eccentric scientist who is entirely idealistic and unpractical. They're almost caricature, but there's a tension between them which is very satisfying.

My habits are regular. My time for intercourse limitedI had to giggle at that!A silly scientist (Cavor) invents an anti-grav paint (Cavorite), coats a sphere with the stuff and with the help of Bedford (Victorian wag), who turns out to be a bit too handy with a crowbar, they float off into space and land on the Moon.In Wells imagination the moon is psychedelic. After a bit of farcical leaping about in the moons gravity, they encounter a moon species, the Selenites, ant-like beings, at which