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The First Men in the Moon (Version 2)

H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)

The novel tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists: a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford; and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilisation of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites". - Summary by Cliff Stone

Genre(s): Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): space travel (43), moon (34), moon landing (1), travel to the moon (1), trip to the moon (1), selenites (1), in the moon (1)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne	Cliff Stone	00:34:50
Play 02	The First Making of Cavorite	Cliff Stone	00:16:57
Play 03	The Building of the Sphere	Cliff Stone	00:16:35
Play 04	Inside the Sphere	Cliff Stone	00:08:11
Play 05	The Journey to the Moon	Cliff Stone	00:11:45
Play 06	The Landing on the Moon	Cliff Stone	00:08:31
Play 07	Sunrise on the Moon	Cliff Stone	00:10:17
Play 08	A Lunar Morning	Cliff Stone	00:08:29
Play 09	Prospecting Begins	Cliff Stone	00:17:58
Play 10	Lost Men in the Moon	Cliff Stone	00:10:36
Play 11	The Mooncalf Pastures	Cliff Stone	00:22:03
Play 12	The Selenite’s Face	Cliff Stone	00:09:00
Play 13	Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions	Cliff Stone	00:14:24
Play 14	Experiments in intercourse	Cliff Stone	00:11:06
Play 15	The Giddy Bridge	Cliff Stone	00:21:15
Play 16	Points of View	Cliff Stone	00:15:39
Play 17	The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers	Cliff Stone	00:21:22
Play 18	In the Sunlight	Cliff Stone	00:18:34
Play 19	Mr. Bedford Alone	Cliff Stone	00:22:51
Play 20	Mr. Bedford in Infinite Space	Cliff Stone	00:14:52
Play 21	Mr. Bedford at Littlestone	Cliff Stone	00:28:25
Play 22	The Astonishing Communication of Mr. Julius Wendigee	Cliff Stone	00:07:52
Play 23	An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor	Cliff Stone	00:15:43
Play 24	The Natural History of the Selenites	Cliff Stone	00:36:53
Play 25	The Grand Lunar	Cliff Stone	00:31:20
Play 26	The Last Message Cavor sent to the Earth	Cliff Stone	00:04:00

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