The Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866-1946 creator text utu 2016 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The First Men in the Moon" by H. G. Wells is a scientific romance serialised from 1900 to 1901. Two Englishmen journey to the Moon using a gravity-defying substance called cavorite, hoping to find valuable minerals. Instead, they discover a sophisticated underground civilization of insect-like creatures called Selenites living beneath the lunar surface. What begins as an adventure story becomes a satirical exploration of extreme social specialization and hierarchical society, blending action with social criticism as the travelers face capture and separation in an alien world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Men_in_the_Moon Release date is 2016-07-05 Produced by David Edwards, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) Original publication data not identified Science fiction Satire Utopias -- Fiction Imperialism -- Fiction Utopian fiction Space flight to the moon -- Fiction Moon -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52501 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52501 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134217.0 52501