The First Men in the Moon

By H. G. Wells

Subjects: Moon, Space flight to the moon, Science fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, General, Imperialism -- Fiction, Utopias, Fiction, action & adventure, Imperialism, Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), English literature, Fiction, science fiction, general, Space flight to the moon -- Fiction, Translations into Russian, Action & Adventure, Classic Literature, Interplanetary voyages, Satire

Description: 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.