First Men in the Moon

Social commentary and great adventure! Mr Bedford, a recently bankrupt Victorian gentleman has retired to the English countryside to recover his spirit and write a play. He meets Dr Cavor, an eccentric, quaintly comical scientific genius researching the preparation of a compound he calls "Cavorite" t......more

The first thing to notice with regard to this 1901 science-fiction novel by H.G. Wells is the great author’s peculiar choice of prepositions. “The First Men in the Moon” – not on, but in. This phraseology, of course, goes against the way we of the modern world would ordinarily talk about a trip to t......more

We will be doing an episode of The Literary Life Podcast On this surprising influence on CS Lewis’s space trilogy. Quite an easy and fun read.......more

A businessman and an eccentric scientist shoot themselves to the moon, where they encounter an insect-like alien species that lives beneath the surface. The science might be outdated but both the entertainment factor and the important message it tries to deliver still very much stand to this day.......more