description:  Brian Stableford argues this is the first alien dystopia. The book could also be considered to have launched the science fiction sub-genre depicting intelligent Social Insects, in some cases a non-human species such as the space-travelling Shaara "bees" in the future universe of A. Bertram Chandler, in others (e.g. Frank Herbert's Hellstrom's Hive) humans who evolved or consciously engineered their society in this direction. The First Men in the Moon has been adapted to film three times:A Trip to the Moon, was jointly adapted from Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon. The 2nd adaptation was made in 1919. The 3rd adaptation was made in 1964. Cavorite was featured as a major plot device in the first volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen &amp; Cavor (given the first name of Selwyn) also appears in the volume and is mentioned in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier. Cavorite &amp; Cavor also play a major role in the end of Scarlet Traces: The Great Game, with the Selenites also briefly depicted. Cavorite, Cavor &amp; the Selenites are a large factor in The Martian War, where Cavor's ship takes Wells, his wife &amp; T. H. Huxley first to the Moon, then to Mars. In the story, the Selenites have been enslaved by the Martians, used as food creatures &amp; slaves to build the canals &amp; invasion fleet.
language: English
title: The First Men in the Moon
titlecomplete: The First Men in the Moon
genres: Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Space, Audiobook, Fantasy, Literature, Adventure, Novels
ratings_count: 15870
places: The Moon
publisher: Acclaim Classics & Young Readers (NY)