The First Men in the Moon

When Mr. Bedford, a penniless businessman, retires to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr. Cavor, a distracted scientist on the verge of developing a gravity-blocking material. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford that the invention makes possible one of humanity's oldest dreams: a trip to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money and Cavor by a desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither of them is prepared for what they will find: a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, in which they could be trapped forever.

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Classic Literature, Fiction, Imperialism, Moon, Science Fiction, Space Flight to the Moon, Russian Translations, Utopias, Fiction, Science Fiction in General, Fiction, Action and Adventure, British and Irish Fiction (Fictional Works by a Single Author), Satire, English Literature, Fiction in General, Action and Adventure, General, Fiction, Science Fiction, Action and Adventure, Interplanetary Travel, Space Flights to the Moon -- Fiction, Imperialism -- Fiction, Long Now Manual for CivilizationShowing 8 Featured Editions. See all 114 editions?

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"First published as an Oxford World's Classics paperback in 2017"--t.p. verse.

Includes bibliographical references and chronology.