{"product_id":"the-first-men-in-the-moon-by-h-g-wells","title":"'The First Men in the Moon' by H. G. Wells","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"707\"\u003eH. G. Wells sends two men to the moon by way of accident, invention and a substance called cavorite.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"707\"\u003eBedford, broke and opportunistic, falls in with the eccentric scientist Cavor, whose anti-gravity discovery makes space travel suddenly less impossible and much more morally inconvenient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"709\" data-end=\"1222\"\u003eFirst published in 1901, \u003cem data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"761\"\u003eThe First Men in the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Wells’ great scientific romances: part lunar adventure, part satire of empire, capital, progress and human arrogance. The Moon is not empty but inhabited by the Selenites, an insect-like civilisation whose social order turns Wells’ eye back toward Earth with the usual grim little smirk. This Everyman edition includes an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke, which is exactly the kind of pairing that makes sense: one old future being handed to another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1532\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEveryman paperback, reprinted 1994 and 1999; originally first published in this Everyman edition in 1993. Introduced by Arthur C. Clarke. Light shelf wear and minor marking to cover, with some age-toning to pages. Binding sound; a good clean reading copy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44801767964755,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-29T182947.917.png?v=1780043481","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-first-men-in-the-moon-by-h-g-wells","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}