The First Men in the Moon
- ISBN-10
- 0141921064
- ISBN-13
- 9780141921068
- Series
- The First Men in the Moon
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-03-31
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Author
- H.G. Wells
Description
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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