Of the enormous body of work produced by H.G. Wells more than a book year over the course of half a century wht early science fiction novels that first made him famous have proved to be the most enduring and have earned him the sobriquet "the father of modern science fiction"
In the 1901 calssic the First Men in the Moon, Wells reveals not only a fertile imagination at ease with biological and astronomical phenomena, but also a passionate concern for man and society. His "first men in the moon" prove to be the eccentric Mr. Cavor and his traveling comanion, Mr. Benson, who navigate a gravity-defying sphere through space before executing a rough landing on the moon. As cast aways from earth, they practice lunar licomotion, get lost in the wolds of a jungle, and confront intelligent life forms living in lunar caverns. Through the adventures of these two earthlings, the author is able to look at mankind from a distance and, in delightful tale filled with adventure, romance, and fantasy that is still capable of stirring the imagiantions of readers in the 21st century.