The First Men in the Moon - Softcover

Wells, H. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809593084 ISBN 13: 9780809593088

Publisher: Wildside Press, 2004

Synopsis

Two men left for the moon -- but only one will come back. . . . Cavor, a brilliant scientist, accidentally produces a gravity-defying substance. And what to do with a substance like that? Well, if it's the turn of the twentieth century, when Wells was writing, the only thing to do was build a spaceship and travel to the moon. Cavor just wants to understand the moon, but along on the trip with him is Bedford, a cold and calculating business man who's in it for nothing but money. Instead of insight and gold they encounter the Selenites, a horrifying race of biologically engineered creatures vaguely reminiscent of jumped-up ants, who viciously -- and successfully -- defend their home. . . . "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." -- Ursula K. Le Guin

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Review

Very smart-looking new editions of SF classics. (David V Barrett, Fortean Times)

Book Description

H.G. Wells' classic tale about space travel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809593084
• ISBN 13: 9780809593088
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256