H. G. Wells's story of the first men on the moon, and what they find there... Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers.
'it would need the most powerful telescope on earth even now to see us as the minutest speck.' For a time i stared in silence at the moon. ... He mused. 'One can imagine something worm-like,' he said, 'taking 37 The First Men in the Moon.
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.
In hopes of receiving such writing as this—a ravishingly accurate vision of things unseen; an utterly unexpected yet necessary beauty.” So says Ursula K. Le Guin in her Introduction to The First Men in the Moon, H. G. Wells’s 1901 ...
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.
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 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 critical edition shows how First Men consciously builds on the whole literary tradition of moon voyages.
This is the annotated edition including the rare biographical essay by Edwin E. Slosson called "H. G. Wells - A Major Prophet Of His Time". The book is also fully illustrated with a wealth of beautiful drawings.
I had gone to Lympne because I had imagined it the most uneventful place in the world. "Here, at any rate," said I, "I shall find peace and a chance to work!"And this book is the sequel.
" In the 1901 classic The First Men in the Moon, Wells reveals not only a fertile imagination at ease with biological and astronomical phenomena, but also a passionate concern for man and society.
The novel tells the story of a journey to the moon by the impecunious businessman Mr Bedford and the brilliant but eccentric scientist Dr Cavor.
How is this book unique?
In this 1901 classic, Wells's "first men in the moon" practice lunar locomotion, get lost in a moon jungle, and confront intelligent life in lunar caverns. A delightful tale that still stirs the imagination.
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I had gone to Lympne because I had imagined it the most uneventful place in the world. "Here, at any rate," said I, "I shall find peace and a chance to work!" And this book is the sequel.
This is H. G. Wells' 1901 scientific romance, "The First Men in the Moon". Referred to by Wells as one of his "fantastic stories", it tells the tale of one Mr. Bedford, an unconventional scientist, and his plan of space travel.
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.
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