First Men in the Moon

A pair of unlikely explorers journey to the moon in this imaginative tale of science and adventure from the author of The War of the Worlds

Hounded by creditors, Mr. Bedford retreats to a remote English village, where he meets the eccentric Mr. Cavor. Though he may not look it, Cavor is a genius and one of the world’s greatest inventors. His breakthrough is cavorite, an astonishing new substance ...