The First Men in the Moon

"Why do people read science fiction? 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. Le Guin in her Introduction to The First Men in the Moon, H. G. Wells's 1901 tale of space travel. 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. 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 home.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 06/10/2003
ISBN: 9780812968316
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.58d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 76094 / First Men in the Moon
Reading Level: 7.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 12