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Doctor Dolittle in the Moon

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Ch 1, We Land Upon a New World, & Ch 2, The Land of Colors and Perfumes.
19:32
Ch 3, Thirst! & Ch 4, Chee-chee the Hero
18:59
Ch 5, On the Plateau & Ch 6, The Moon Lake
19:14
Ch 7, Tracks of a Giant & Ch 8, The Singing Trees
18:41
Ch 9, The Study of Plant Languages & Ch 10, The Magellan of the Moon
16:00
Ch 11, We Prepare to Circle the Moon & Ch 12, The Vanity Lilies
17:25
Ch 13, The Flower of Many Scents & Ch 14, Mirrors for Flowers
19:44
Ch 15, Making New Clothes & Ch 16, Monkey Memories of the Moon
21:50
Ch 17, We Hear of "the Council" & Ch 18, The President
23:22
Ch 19, The Moon Man & Ch 20, The Doctor and the Giant
25:11
Ch 21, How Otho Buldge Came to the Moon & Ch 22, How the Moon Folk Heard of Dr. Dolittle
24:59
Ch 23, The Man Who Made Himself a King, Ch 24, Dr. Dolittle Opens His Surgery on the Moon, & Ch 25, Puddleby Once More
46:24

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Doctor Dolittle in the Moon came out in 1928 and is the most science-fictional book in the series. The doctor, Tommy Stubbins, Polynesia, Chee-Chee, and Jip the dog all set out for the Moon at the invitation of the Lunar Moth that appeared at the end of Doctor Dolittle's Garden. They travel on the moth's back, breathing through giant lunar lily blossoms.

On the Moon they find a complex ecology of intelligent plants, enormous insects, and a single human inhabitant called the Man in the Moon, an ancient survivor whom the lunar plants have nursed into something like immortality. The doctor does what the doctor always does: he learns the local language, in this case the language of plants, and tries to understand the social organization of the place from the inside. The book is shorter than some of the others and ends on an unusual cliffhanger that points forward to Doctor Dolittle's Return. As a piece of 1928 children's science fiction it is unexpectedly thoughtful, more about ecology and ethics than rocket travel.

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About the author

Hugh Lofting

Hugh John Lofting was an English-American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician talking to animals, based in an English village, first appeared in illustrated letters to his children which Lofting sent from British Army trenches in the First World War.

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