A small group of scientists comes up with a plan to reach the moon, only to discover that it is inhabited by a thriving community of insects that hold the scientists hostage.
The most dazzling of Wells' "scientific romances" and the last of the series that began with The Time Machine, this edition offers the only annotated version of The First Men in the Moon.
" America and the world watched in wonder and awe as a new chapter in space exploration opened. Through verse and informational text, author Rhonda Gowler Greene celebrates Apollo 11's historic moon landing.
This book tells the story of Apollo 11 and dispels the myth that NASA faked the moon landings.
"The First Men in the Moon" by influential science fiction author H. G. Wells is the story of two unlikely friends, a businessman named Bedford and a scientist called Cavor, who set out to explore the Moon.
This book relates the significant parts of that momentous journey, including the first color TV transmission to Earth, and the 21 hours, 36 minutes that Armstrong and Aldrin spent on the moon's surface.
David Howard, John Lucas, and John Goode (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1966), 243–81. 78 'Art of Fiction', 63. 79 Julia Wedgewood, 'Contemporary Records: I – Fiction', Contemporary Review, ...
If there are many underrecognized heroes in the Apollo 11 story, chief among them is the bureaucrat who devoted his life to getting men to the Moon: James Webb. A bulldog in the shape of a Washington lifer, with gray-blue eyes and a ...
... 20 EMU (Extravehicular Mobile Unit), 375, 519 Engel, Caroline Matilda Katter (grandmother), 8, 20, 21, 22, 24–25, 30, ... See space walks Evans, Ron, 478, 534, 536, 537, 543 Everest, Frank “Pete,” 148 Explorer I satellite, 68 F-51 ...
H. G. Wells' 1901 science fiction novel The First Men in the Moon tells the story of a voyage to the moon by Mr. Bedford, a businessman plagued by financial problems, and Dr. Cavor, a brilliant and somewhat eccentric scientist.
The classic book, The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells! There's a reason why The First Men in the Moon is one of the best books of all time.