The First Men in the Moon
An impoverished businessman and an eccentric scientist build a sphere coated in an anti-gravity material and journey to the Moon, where they discover a honeycombed world beneath the surface inhabited by the insect-like Selenites. Wells blends thrilling adventure with sharp social satire, using the rigidly organized lunar society to hold a mirror to humanity’s own divisions. Inventive and prophetic, the novel imagines lunar exploration decades before it happened, complete with speculation about the Moon’s atmosphere and life. Gripping and idea-rich, The First Men in the Moon is a landmark of science fiction, combining Wells’s storytelling flair with his restless curiosity about science, society, and the future.
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| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne | 36:53 | |
| 2 | The First Making of Cavorite | 17:22 | |
| 3 | The Building of the sphere | 18:02 | |
| 4 | Inside the Sphere | 9:05 | |
| 5 | The Journey to the Moon | 13:19 | |
| 6 | The Landing on the Moon | 9:35 | |
| 7 | Sunrise on the Moon. | 11:23 | |
| 8 | A Lunar Morning. | 9:23 | |
| 9 | Prospecting Begins. | 19:56 | |
| 10 | Lost Men in the Moon | 12:07 | |
| 11 | The Mooncalf Pastures | 23:35 | |
| 12 | The Selenite's Face | 10:14 | |
| 13 | Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions | 16:23 | |
| 14 | Experiments in intercourse | 12:15 | |
| 15 | The Giddy Bridge | 23:24 | |
| 16 | Points of View | 17:18 | |
| 17 | The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers | 22:21 | |
| 18 | In the Sunlight | 19:23 | |
| 19 | Mr. Bedford Alone | 24:35 | |
| 20 | Mr. Bedford in Infinite Space | 17:00 | |
| 21 | Mr. Bedford at Littlestone | 31:59 | |
| 22 | The Astonishing Communication of Mr. Julius Wendigee | 8:57 | |
| 23 | An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor | 17:56 | |
| 24 | The Natural History of the Selenites | 40:10 | |
| 25 | The Grand Lunar | 35:35 | |
| 26 | The Last Message Cavor Sent to the Earth | 4:34 |
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