The First Men in the Moon Wells H. G.
The First Men in the Moon Wells H. G. "Why do people read science fiction? Le Guin in her Introduction to The First Men in the Moon, H. G. In hopes of receiving such writing as this--a ravishingly…
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The First Men in the Moon Wells H. G.
"Why do people read science fiction? Le Guin in her Introduction to The First Men in the Moon, H. G. In hopes of receiving such writing as this--a ravishingly accurate vision of things unseen; an utterly unexpected yet necessary beauty." So says Ursula K.
Heavily criticized upon publication for its fantastic ideas, it is now justly considered a science fiction classic.Cavor, a brilliant scientist who accidentally produces a gravity-defying substance, builds a spaceship and, along with the materialistic Bedford, travels to the moon. Wells's 1901 tale of space travel. The coldly intellectual Cavor seeks knowledge, while Bedford seeks fortune.
Instead of insight and gold they encounter the Selenites, a horrifying race of biologically engineered creatures who viciously, and successfully, defend their