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The First Men in the Moon
About this work
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. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever.
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Subjects
- Classic Literature
- Fiction
- Imperialism
- Moon
- Science fiction
- Space flight to the moon
- Translations into Russian
- Utopias
- Fiction, science fiction, general
- Fiction, action & adventure
- British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Satire