Overview
When published in 1901, The First Men in the Moon was criticized by fellow sci-fi titan Jules Verne for its reliance on a fantastical substance to transport its characters to the moon, rather than the more technologically logical cannon employed in Verne’s 1865 From the Earth to the Moon—a novel that, along with its 1869 sequel, influenced H.G. Wells.
But Wells was after a more dream-like logic. With its invention of the anti-gravity “cavorite,” moonscapes at once frozen then suddenly overgrown, and the dystopian society of the insect-like Selenites that inhabit the lunar interior, The First Men in the Moon is perhaps more fantasy than science fiction.
Both an adventure novel and a satire of turn-of-the-century Britain, The First Men in the Moon continues our enduring and ancient preoccupation with our most intimate and inspiring heavenly body. Wells’ story of Cavor, the intellectual, Bedford, the entrepreneur, and their journey to the Moon remains celebrated for its complex characters, evocative scene-making, and undeniable contribution to the genre.
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