num_pages: 272
description: “Why do people read science fiction? 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 tale of space travel. Heavily criticized upon publication for its fantastic ideas, it is now justly considered a science fiction classic.Cavor, a brilliant scientist who accidentally produces a gravity-defying substance, builds a spaceship and, along with the materialistic Bedford, travels to the moon. The coldly intellectual Cavor seeks knowledge, while Bedford seeks fortune. Instead of insight and gold they encounter the Selenites, a horrifying race of biologically engineered creatures who viciously, and successfully, defend their home.
language: English
title: The First Men in the Moon
titlecomplete: The First Men in the Moon
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Literature, Space, Classics, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 15874
places: The Moon
publisher: Modern Library