Bedford learns that Cavor is developing a new material, cavorite, which can negate the force of gravity.Ĭavorite has the property of making the air above it weightless, allowing the material to shoot off into space Bedford is not slow to realise the commercial possibilities, and the ensuing wealth that could be accumulated. After two weeks Bedford accosts the man, who proves to be a reclusive physicist named Mr. He rents a small house in Lympne, Kent where he can work in peace, but is bothered every afternoon, at precisely the same time, by a passer-by making odd noises. Synopsisīedford is a London businessman who has retreated to the countryside to write a play, which he hopes will be the solution to his financial problems. Upon their arrival on the surface of the Moon they discover that it is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilisation of insect-like creatures they call Selenites, after Selene, the Greek Moon goddess. The novel tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists: the narrator, Mr. from December 1900 to August 1901, and published in book form in 1901. It was originally serialised in The Strand Magazine Monthly publication founded by George Newnes, published 1891–1950, credited with introducing the short story to a British audience. Wells (1866–1946), although the author himself preferred the term social fable. T he First Men in the Moon is a scientific romance by the English author H.
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