![]() Thanks to the discovery of an anti-gravity metal, Cavorite, two Victorian Englishman decide to tackle the most prestigious goal – space travel. They construct a sphere that will ultimately take them to the moon. ![]() On landing, they encounter what seems like an utterly barren landscape but they soon find signs that the planet was once very much alive. Then they hear curious hammering sounds from beneath the surface, and come face to face with the Selenites, a race of insect-like aliens living in a rigidly organized hive society.įirst published as a complete book in 1901, The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells is the author’s 9 th novel in a career of many. While his bibliography is much vaster than I realized, finally reading this book is significant to me because it belongs to a quintet of his books that, as far as I can see, continue to be fairly well-known to this day. The other four are, to a greater extent, The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Dr. These are all significant to me personally because it was Wells that first got me into reading outside of what I was familiar with, my late grandparents nurturing this interest by purchasing three of these books for me. The First Men in the Moon is one that I’ve always remembered but never got around to picking up until very recently. I was surprised to find that this novel is considered a “scientific romance”, being a more fantastical tale of adventure and discovery and a precursor to science fiction. Kit Alert First Men In The Moon CAVORITE Sphere Producer: Larson Designs Scale: 3 inches wide Material: Resin Number of Pieces: 44 Price: 40 Shipping: U.S. ![]() It was a lot quainter than I was expecting, making it more pleasing to read compared to the drier writing style of his other books. Out of The Fiery hells Of those Trillion trillion Suns Into the. •The Crab Nebula<> 'Deep Sky' Mankind Falling through The Tortures Of time.While much of his information is outdated, the story does follow serviceable rules and he makes an effort to explain the fictional material Cavorite, as well as the changes in environment on the Moon, as scientifically as possible. Thanks for visiting the Gallery of Excellent Birds. You can tell all the real-world facts are not quite there, but he’s not entirely playing by his own rules either. ArtStation - The Cavorite Sphere This is my interpretation of The Cavorite Sphere from the 1964 movie First Men In The Moon by H G Wells. He does a good job of making it sound plausible, especially for the time that it was written. Just a plain sphere I have included multiple different resolutions, each with 100mm radii.
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