Modern Library Classics: The First Men in the Moon (Paperback)

from Pferdina

Fun story about two English men (one a brilliant but unknown scientist, the other an unlucky business man) who devise a spherical space ship and ride it to the moon. On the moon, they discover a race of intelligent beings, the Selenites, who capture them and take them into an underground world. B...

from bnielsen

England, ca 1905.. En ikke alt for succesfuld forretningsmand, Mr. Bedford, forsøger at skrive et skuespil for at slippe ud af en finansiel kattepine, da han forstyrres af en videnskabsmand, professor Cavor, der har sat præcis en halv time af hver dag til at gå en tur. De kommer til at snakke sam...

from Magadri

Before I review this book I want to say two things: 1) I am new to the sci-fi genre, so I don't have a lot to compare this with, and 2) I do not really care about how scientifically accurate the facts are. That being said, I thought this was a really good book. It began a little slowly, but once ...

from pgiunta

Finding himself nearly bankrupt after a failed business venture, Mr. Bedford retreats to a cottage in the English coastal town of Lympne. There, he intends to write a play that he hopes to sell and thus, restore his financial position. However, Bedford's writing sessions are frequently interrupte...

from DeathsMistress

I loved this book. Its about two men who end up traveling to the moon in a glass sphere using Cavorite. It's such a classic. Obviously we now know that none of the things that happened in the book can actually happen on the moon, but its still a great read. I really enjoyed the way the two main c...