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The First Men in the Moon Paperback – February 11, 2014

by H. G. Wells (Author)

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As I sit down to write here amidst the shadows of vine-leaves under the blue sky of southern Italy, it comes to me with a certain quality of astonishment that my participation in these amazing adventures of Mr. Cavor was, after all, the outcome of the purest accident. It might have been any one. I fell into these things at a time when I thought myself removed from the slightest possibility of disturbing experiences. I had gone to Lympne because I had imagined it the most uneventful place in the world. "Here, at any rate," said I, "I shall find peace and a chance to work!" And this book is the sequel. So utterly at variance is destiny with all the little plans of men. I may perhaps mention here that very recently I had come an ugly cropper in certain business enterprises. Sitting now surrounded by all the circumstances of wealth, there is a luxury in admitting my extremity. I can admit, even, that to a certain extent my disasters were conceivably of my own making. It may be there are directions in which I have some capacity, but the conduct of business operations is not among these. But in those days I was young, and my youth among other objectionable forms took that of a pride in my capacity for affairs. I am young still in years, but the things that have happened to me have rubbed something of the youth from my mind. Whether they have brought any wisdom to light below it is a more doubtful matter.[...]

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Paperback: 124 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (February 11, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1495909891
ISBN-13: 978-1495909894
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,970,408 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful

Sci-Fi Classic

By Arizona Bookworm on May 11, 2009

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The First Men in the Moon It's great to see that one of H.G.'s enduring classics is now handily produced for your Kindle or iPhone. It is a "must read" for all fans of classic sci-fi. It's a quick read so it makes a good travel book. If you haven't read it before, it will seem outdated (or even a little cheesy in some places) by today's standards. However, it is an excellent starter story for younger readers, whereas "War of the Worlds" might be a little scary. A great addition to my "free" collection.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful

A Sci-fi classic

By Dr. Bojan Tunguz HALL OF FAMETOP 100 REVIEWER on April 25, 2009

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I decided to try reading this book in order to check out the Kindle reader for iPhone. It made sense since I've always been a big fan of H. G. Wells, and the book was free. In the end I was pleasantly surprised to find that the book is quite good in its own right and makes for an engaging and gripping read. Even though the Moon does not hold the same fascination in our mind as to this day Mars does, and many of the "scientific" ideas presented in the book nowadays seem downright silly, the narrative is still very compelling and makes for a fascinating read. H. G. Wells is very good at developing an action-packed plot, and if we can somehow suspend over hundred years of new knowledge, the events and premises in the novel become very plausible. Another fascinating aspect of Wells' novels is the use of Sci-fi genre as a tool of social and political critique, and the last part of this book has a good dose of it as well. This may not be as good of a book as perhaps "The War of the Worlds" or "The Time Machine" are, but it still entertains and provokes thought after all this time has passed. I would strongly recommend it to all the classic Sci-fi fans out there.

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful

A Memorable Adventure with Surprising Underpinnings

By Gary F. Taylor HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on January 13, 2004

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Born in Victorian England, H.G. Wells had very strong ideas about the advantages and disadvantages of a society built on fixed social classes and endless imperialism--and these ideas would inform virtually everything he wrote over his long and distinguished career. Even in the handful of science fiction novels for which he is chiefly recalled today, Wells would return to these issues again, combining them with then-emerging scientific concepts to remarkably provocative effect.

In some respects THE FIRST MEN ON THE MOON is likely his most accessible novel to modern readers, for it is lighter in tone than such Wells novels as THE TIME MACHINE and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, and it reads like an exceptionally well-written pulp adventure of the era. But the underpinnings are the same: class, conquest, and--as in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS--Darwin's controversial theories on natural selection and evolution.

In this novel Wells relies significantly on fantasy, presenting us with Professor Cavor, an eccentric (and quite comical) scientist determined to create a substance that is "opaque" to gravity, what we would today call an antigravity material. Cavor is interested in the work for the sake of knowledge pure and simple, but bankrupt businessman Bedford realizes the commercial implications and attaches himself to the project--and when the material is perfected the two men create a sphere that launches them to the moon!

If this is clearly the stuff of fantasy (Jules Verne sneered at it), what the two men find on the moon is not, or at least was not considered so at the time. In 1901 little was known about the moon, and many notable scientists thought it might hold life.Read more ›

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H.G. Wells at his best

By Daniel Jolley HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on January 31, 2002

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The title seems a little strange, but the Moon as imagined by Wells is inhabited by creatures living underground--thus, the title. The plot is typical of the author--a seemingly normal man happens to meet a man with strange scientific ideas, and he quickly finds himself an active participant in the grand designs of his new acquaintance. Mr. Bedford, our narrator, escapes to as quiet and isolated a space as he can find in order to write a play. His hideaway is visited every night by a strange little man with a penchant for humming. Accosting the man for his nightly interruptions, he learns that the man, Dr. Cavor, is a scientist working to find a means by which to nullify gravity. Seeing the possibility of great profit from such a discovery, the narrator quickly enlists as a scientific assistant. The serendipitous discovery of Cavorite results in the scientist's home being destroyed and the surrounding countryside buffeted and damaged by powerful winds. With the discovery now made, Cavor embarks on a monumental quest to reach the moon by creating a huge sphere--a coating of Cavorite provides the means of locomotion, and a complex system of blinds serves as the means for controlling the thing. With the blinds closed, all gravitational forces are blocked from the sphere; with one or more blinds open, the sphere is once again subject to the gravitational pull of the nearest large object. In this fashion, the intrepid explorers make their way to the moon.
The moon they discover is not barren; in daylight, a bevy of plants emerge from the ground only to wither and die as the lunar night returns. When the explorers lose their way, they are captured and taken underground.Read more ›

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Still classic. Just get over your silly notions of science and the...

I like seeing with the great clarity of hindsight what people thought back before the advances of science of the past 80 years. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Charlie O.

3 1/2 Stars--Wells flies us to the moon

About thirty years or so ago, my dad bought me a boxed set of H G Wells paperback books which contained most of Wells' 'greatest hits', and also included THE FIRST MEN IN THE... Read more

Published 2 months ago by Bryan Byrd

A fantastic, realistic (in a sense), science fiction

HG Wells is one of my favorite authors and his books take up at least 3 slots on my top 10 favorite books list. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Ashley

The first men in the moon

Great classic, should be read by all. Wells is the best. Authors like him invented science fiction. Bravo Mr. Wells.

Published 3 months ago by ROB WILLISON

did not work on my PC

speed is too fast on med. and too slow on slow, fast was just a blur. The voice was robotic and very hard to listen to

Published 6 months ago by Danetta Cordova

David Lake was the best editor of Wells

David Lake's editorial commentary sets this version apart from other editions.

Published 6 months ago by Charles E. Blair

Five Stars

Another favorite

Published 7 months ago by elliott3

The Moon is much more interesting that previously suspected. Very Good...

I was surprised at how much I enjoy this book. I downloaded it from Amazon eons ago and never even thought twice about it. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Anebrd

A true classic!

If you are a fan of science fiction, this is a must read. Hard to imagine this was published in 1901!

Published 13 months ago by Dan Walker

Cavor meets the Big Kahuna, oops Grand Lunar

Everybody knows HG Wells is a popular science-fiction writer. Most people know of him through a few of his stories that have been produced as popular movies such as "The Time... Read more

Published 13 months ago by bernie

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