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Tyson Adams Reviews
Tyson Adams Reviews rated it 7 years ago
Would we have a colony on the Moon if it had gold and a native peoples to wipe out? We know the answer if they had oil.Perennial conman, Bedford, has escaped his creditors by hiding in the countryside. Here he meets an inventor, Cavor, who is a genius with no idea what they are doing. Bedford cons C...
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Julian Meynell's Books rated it 11 years ago
I think that Wells is an underrated writer and that this book is underrated within his works. It is better than The Invisible Man and almost as good as War of the Worlds, which is in many ways a companion piece to this work.The story concerns two men Mr. Bedford, the narrator and the scientist Cavo...
Edward
Edward rated it 11 years ago
Biographical NoteIntroductionFurther ReadingNote on the Text--The First Men in the MoonNotes
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd rated it 11 years ago
There are a few books that come to mind when people mention H.G. Wells, but this particular book does not tend to be one of them. It is not a story, or a novel, per se, and seems to wind up with Wells philosophising on the perfect society. The story itself is divided into two parts with the first, a...
thomcat
thomcat rated it 15 years ago
In honor of H.G. Wells birthday :-)
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