The First Men in the Moon
$28.09
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
20 April 2005
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141441085 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141441089 |
| Author: | H.G. Wells, China Mieville, Steve McLean |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 20 April 2005 |
| Weight: | 70g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
Critics Review
“Written with astonishing animation and lucidity.” -G. K. Chesterton
“Written with astonishing animation and lucidity.” –G. K. Chesterton
H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world’s oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells’ controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell’s words, ‘an important liberator of thought and action’.
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