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Base Luna Chiama Terra First Men In The Moon ( 1964

Book from Project Gutenberg: The First Men in the Moon Library of Congress Classification: PR

Book from Project Gutenberg: The First Men in the Moon Library of Congress Classification: PR

vii, 342 p. 20 cm

Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

Cavorite sphere from the 1964 movie First Men in the Moon. I printed the model at 75% scale, full size the print would take 8 hrs for each hemisphere. At 75% scale they only took 4 hours per hemisphere. The shutters should snap into the frames, if not you might have to tweak the scale slightly.

Cavorite sphere from the 1964 movie First Men in the Moon. I printed the model at 75% scale, full size the print would take 8 hrs for each hemisphere. At 75% scale they only took 4 hours per hemisphere. The shutters should snap into the frames, if not you might have to tweak the scale slightly.

Book from Project Gutenberg: The First Men in the Moon

213 pages ; 24 cm

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.182379 dc.contributor.author: H.g Wells dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-07T15:39:52Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-07T15:39:52Z dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 2025-12-06 dc.date.citation: 1946 dc.identifier.barcode: 5990010105686 dc.identifier.origpath: /rawdataupload/upload/0105/688 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/182379 dc.description.scannerno: 9 dc.description.scanningcentre: IIIT, Allahabad dc.description.main: 1 dc.description.tagged: 0 dc.description.totalpages: 254 dc.format.mimetype: application/pdf dc.language.iso: English dc.publisher.digitalrepublisher: Ashok dc.publisher: London dc.rights: Out_of_copyright dc.source.library: University Liberey Allahabad dc.subject.classification: English Literature dc.title: The First Men In The Moon

Seriocomic 19th century Sci fi from H G Wells, somewhat updated. Be sure you don't miss the final line. Excellent production.

Book from Project Gutenberg: The First Men in the Moon

First Men In The Moon Math side A

A picture of Cavor and Bedford--two of the main characters in FMITM--looking afar at a distant object.

Ben, Eugene and guest Simon from  littlestorping.co.uk  discuss the BBC's new adaptation of H.G. Wells' First Men in the World. This adaptation, by Doctor Who's Mark Gatiss, sets the bar for film adaptations of First Men in the Moon. -- First Men in the Moon Adapted by Mark Gatiss Starring: Rory Kinnear as Bedford and Mark Gatiss as Cavor Aired 19 October 2010, BBC Four

Leipzig : Bernhard Tauchnitz 288 p. et extrait du catalogue de l'éditeur ; In-16 ; Cote : FLM.12°0164

1998

First Men In The Moon Math side B

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.460975 dc.contributor.author: Wells, H. G. dc.contributor.other: Frankwells dc.date.accessioned: 2015-09-22T14:57:04Z dc.date.available: 2015-09-22T14:57:04Z dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 2014/01/19 dc.date.citation: 1901 dc.identifier.barcode: 07019990366064 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/460975 dc.description.scannerno: SC-02 dc.description.scanningcentre: North Eastern States Libraries dc.description.main: 1 dc.description.tagged: 0 dc.description.totalpages: 256 dc.language.iso: English dc.publisher.digitalrepublisher: Digital Library Of India dc.publisher: Collins, London dc.rights: In Public Domain dc.source.library: Birchandra State Central Library, Tripura dc.subject.classification: Literature dc.subject.classification: Stories dc.subject.keywords: First Making Of Cavorite dc.subject.keywords: Building Of The Sphere dc.subject.keywords: Journey To The Moon dc.subject.keywords: Sunrise On The Moon dc.subject.keywords: Prospecting Begins dc.title: The First Men In The Moon dc.type: Print - Paper dc.type: Book dc.description.diskno: NE-DLI-TR-4544

Pressbook for the film "First Men in the Moon," directed by Nathan Juran and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Pressbook for the film "First Men in the Moon," directed by Nathan Juran and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Tracklist: 1. Main Titles 2. Moonscape And Descent Into The Moon 3. Encounter With The Selenites 4. Trek To The Giant Doors 5. The Monster Caterpillar 6. The Eclipse And Ascent Of The Great Staircase 7. Selenite Pursuit And Sphere Returns To Earth 8. End Titles 9. Final Bomb Run 10. Main Titles 11. Death Duel 12. Main Titles 13. Hedda And Thea 14. Judge Brack 15. Hedda And Lovborg 16. The Manuscript 17. Death And End Titles

Originally published 1901

ONE SMALL STEP: On this day in 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. https://t.co/hLWK6BRiqv https://t.co/zr0l1qEQBV Source: https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1285191493976719363 Uploader: ABC News

ONE SMALL STEP: On this day in 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. https://t.co/hLWK6BRiqv https://t.co/zr0l1qEQBV Source: https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1285191493976719363 Uploader: ABC News

xii, 161 p. ; 21 cm

LibriVox recording of The First Men in the Moon, by H.G. Wells. Read by Mark F. Smith. Britain won the Moon Race! Decades before Neal Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind" two intrepid adventurers from Lympne, England, journeyed there using not a rocket, but an antigravity coating. Mr. Bedford, who narrates the tale, tells of how he fell in with eccentric inventor Mr. Cavor, grew to believe in his researches, helped him build a sphere for traveling in space, and then partnered with him in an expedition to the Moon. What they found was fantastic! There was not only air and water, but the Moon was honeycombed with caverns and tunnels in which lived an advanced civilization of insect-like beings. While Bedford is frightened by them and bolts home, Cavor stays and is treated with great respect. So why didn't Armstrong and later astronauts find the evidence of all this? Well, according to broadcasts by Cavor over the newly-discovered radio technology, he told the Selenites too much about mankind, and apparently, they removed the welcome mat! (Summary by Mark) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (169MB)

B&W Advertising sheet used by movie theaters and newspapers for the promotion of the film "The First Men in the Moon".

First Men in the Moon Math, The (1987)(Fisher Price)(Side A)[cr TCB] NOTE: This emulation has multiple disk images. To switch between them, press ALT-8 and select among the .d64 filenames to load that floppy into the drive.

Tracklist: 1. Prelude 2. Modern Moon Landing 3. Newcasters / Union Jack / Journey To Dymchurch 4. Cherry Cottage / Kate And Bedford 5. Arguments 6. Cavor's Experiments 7. The Sphere 8. Love Theme 9. To The Moon! 10. Lunar Landing / Moonscape / Weightlessness / Planting The Union Jack 11. Lens Pit / Shadows 12. Battle With The Selenites 13. Search For The Phere / Kate In Peril 14. The Moon Beast 15. Lens Complex / Dismantling The Sphere / Cocooning Selenites / The Eclipse 16. End Of The Eclipse / The Grand Lunar 17. Bedford Shoots At The Grand Lunar 18. Pursuit And Escape From The Moon / End Title

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( Classics Illustrated # 144) The First Men In The Moon Frawley Corporation

Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its seemingly-barren surface.

Scan of the three-part serial as published in Amazing Stories from December 1926 to February 1927, with original illustrations.

Scan of the three-part serial as published in Amazing Stories from December 1926 to February 1927, with original illustrations.

LibriVox recording of The First Men in the Moon (Version 2) by H. G. Wells. Read in English by Cliff Stone The novel tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists: a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford; and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilisation of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites". - Summary by Cliff Stone For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (200MB)

vii, 342 p. 20 cm

vii, 342 p. 20 cm

http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1964 sci-fi classic First Men In The Moon, directed by Nathan Juran, based on the book by H.G. Wells, starring Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries and more.

http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London.   HD trailer for the 1964 sci-fi adventure First Men In The Moon, based on the story by H.G. Wells, directed by Nathan Juran, starring Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries and more.

Base Luna Chiama Terra First Men In The Moon ( 1964) 

The First Men in the Moon Marvel Classics Comics nr 31, 1978 US comic adaption

When the first moon landing occurs in 1969 it is hailed as a monumental achievement until the astronauts take their first walk and discover evidence that others made the same journey in the late 19th century, A search for the men who accomplished that mission turns up the last surviving member of the expedition and the world learns the incredible story of the first men on the moon.

British Sc-Fi Shows No 2   The First Men In The Moon When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon.  With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever.   Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources on the Internet, and my goal has been to put together a collection of every available episode where possible. I will add to these collections if I discover new episodes or if any new episodes become available. Additionally, while I tried to put together a collection that contains the best version of each episode that I could, there may be better copies of some recordings available from collectors and dealers, and I encourage you to reach out to them if you are so inclined. If they are not in the public domain, notify me and they will be deleted.

"Magnum easy eye books."

"Magnum easy eye books."

"Magnum easy eye books."

1Invisible Man

By H. G. Wells

<i>The Invisible Man</i> (1897) is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all time. Written by H.G. Wells (1866-1946), it tells the story of a scientist who discovers the secret of invisibility and uses it on himself. The story begins as the Invisible Man, with a bandaged face and a heavy coat and gloves, takes a train to lodge in a country inn whilst he tries to discover the antidote and make himself visible again. The book inspired several films and is notable for its vivid descriptions of the invisible man--no mean feat, given that you can't see him!

2War of the Worlds

By H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells wrote <em>The War of the Worlds</em> in 1898, when there was much speculation about life on the planet Mars. The book is considered to be one of the first science fiction novels. In the story, an English gentleman narrates the events of a violent and fast paced Martian invasion.<br /><br />The frightening images of people fleeing from gigantic tripod machines and the prospect of life under Martian rule have served as a bottomless well of inspiration for popular culture. The novel has served as a template for many derivative or inspired works, including comics, countless books, a TV series, several films, a bestselling musical, and the famous Orson Wells broadcast. Overall, <em>The War of the Worlds</em> has become an early milestone in and inspiration for the invasion genre.<br /><br />The novel demonstrates Wells' typical pessimistic outlook on human nature and offers a good deal of criticism on society and people's ignorance and vanity. <em>The War of the Worlds</em> can be read as an indictment of European colonial actions around the globe at that time - with which the injustice of the Martian invasion can be compared. Wells has since been credited with predicting quite a number of technologies, such as laser-like rays, industrial robot-like machines, and chemical-warfare.<br />(Summary by Stephan Möbius and Annie Coleman)<br /><br /> <b>Illustrations by </b><a href="http://librivox.org/reader/91">Stephan Möbius</a></b><br> Book 1 - Chapter 1: <a href="http://archive.org/details/waroftheworlds_illustrations_librivox/00_chapter00__map_of_surrey.gif">Map of Surrey</a><br> Book 1 - Chapter 5: <a href="http://archive.org/details/waroftheworlds_illustrations_librivox/01_chapter04__the_cylinder_opens.gif">The Cylinder Opens - 1</a>, <a href="http://archive.org/details/waroftheworlds_illustrations_librivox/02_chapter04__the_cylinder_opens_2.gif">The Cylinder Opens - 2</a><br> Book 1 - Chapter 11: <a href="http://archive.org/details/waroftheworlds_illustrations_librivox/03_chapter10__in_the_storm.gif">In the Storm</a><br> Book 1 - Chapter 12: <a >At the Window</a><br> Book 1 - Chapter 16: <a href="http://archive.org/details/waroftheworlds_illustrations_librivox/05_chapter15__what_had_happened_in_surrey.gif">What Had Happened in Surrey</a><br> Book 1 - Chapter 17: <a href="http://archive.org/details/waroftheworlds_illustrations_librivox/06_chapter16__the_exodus_from_london.gif">The Exodus from London</a><br> Book 2 - Chapter 2: <a href="http://archive.org/details/waroftheworlds_illustrations_librivox/07_chapter18__under_foot.gif">Under Foot</a>

3War of the Worlds (version 2)

By H. G. Wells

War of the Worlds by Herbert George Wells (H.G. Wells) was published in 1898 at a time when he wrote a series of novels related to a number of historical events of the time. The most important of these was the unification and militarization of Germany. The story, written in a semi-documentary style, is told in the first person by an unnamed observer. It tells of the events which happen mostly in London and the county of Surrey, England, when a number of vessels manned by aliens are fired from Mars and land on Earth. (Summary by Rebecca)

4Island of Doctor Moreau

By H. G. Wells

The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells, addressing ideas of society and community, human nature and identity, religion, Darwinism, and eugenics.<br><br>When the novel was written in the late 19th century, England's scientific community was engulfed by debates on animal vivisection. Interest groups were even formed to tackle the issue: the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection was formed two years after the publication of the novel. The novel is presented as a discovered manuscript, introduced by the narrator's nephew; it then 'transcribes' the tale. (Summary from Wikipedia)

5Wheels of Chance

By H. G. Wells

The Wheels of Chance - A Bicycling Idyll follows the adventures of a draper's assistant who, having brought an ancient bicycle, sets off on a 2 week tour of the countryside. And his world will never be the same again.(Summary by annise)

6Time Machine

By H. G. Wells

The Time Machine is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895, later made into two films of the same title. This novel is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. (Summary from wikipedia.org)<br /><br /> Note: This audiobook contains readings of chapter 1 by two different readers. Variety is the spice of life.

7Little Wars

By H. G. Wells

A Game for Boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books. With an Appendix on Kriegspiel<br /><br /> Miniature wargaming got its start with the publication in 1913 of this thoroughly entertaining little account of how H.G. Wells, with certain of his friends, took their childhood toys and turned play into acceptable middle-aged sport by subjecting the exercise to the civilizing influence of actual rules.<br /><br />While wargaming progressed far past these beginnings, Wells observes how "little wars" with even his elementary rules can suggest the wholesale crudity of the real thing.<br />"You have only to play at Little Wars three or four times to realise just what a blundering thing Great War must be. Great War is at present, I am convinced, not only the most expensive game in the universe, but it is a game out of all proportion. Not only are the masses of men and material and suffering and inconvenience too monstrously big for reason, but--the available heads we have for it, are too small. That, I think, is the most pacific realisation conceivable, and Little War brings you to it as nothing else but Great War can do."<br /><br />Wells leaves almost hanging the tantalizing concept that we might someday simulate war, as an instrument of international decision-making, rather than practice actual combat. But most of this book is just the fun of evicting the boys from the playroom and spending happy days there, away from the "skirt-swishers", developing the framework under which two gentlemen might meet and accumulate boastable victories! (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

8Sleeper Awakes

By H. G. Wells

The Sleeper Awakes is a dystopian novel about a man who sleeps for two hundred years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest, he has become the richest man in the world. He has been the famous Sleeper for centuries. A fanatic socialist, the main character awakes to see his nightmares realized, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities. The people adore him, and their masters - the supervisors of his legacy who rule in his name - do not want him breathing. (Summary by Stephan and Wikipedia)

9Floor Games

By H. G. Wells

H.G. Wells had so much fun playing with his children on the floor of their playroom, he decided to write a jovial little book to inspire other parents in their pursuit of quality time with the kids. While the raw materials available from hobby stores of his day were woefully short of the variety and quality of what can be bought easily now, he and his sons created their own worlds to rule. This short work describes two games of imagination played out upon the floor of his home - an archipelago of islands, and a thoroughly integrated city, conveniently organized with two mayoral positions for his sons “G.P.W.” and “F.R.W.” While the toy people appearing in their worlds were often of martial nature, Wells decided to leave description of military games to a later book: “Little Wars.”

10First Men in the Moon

By H. G. Wells

Britain won the Moon Race! Decades before Neal Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind" two intrepid adventurers from Lympne, England, journeyed there using not a rocket, but an antigravity coating.<br /><br /> Mr. Bedford, who narrates the tale, tells of how he fell in with eccentric inventor Mr. Cavor, grew to believe in his researches, helped him build a sphere for traveling in space, and then partnered with him in an expedition to the Moon.<br /><br /> What they found was fantastic! There was not only air and water, but the Moon was honeycombed with caverns and tunnels in which lived an advanced civilization of insect-like beings. While Bedford is frightened by them and bolts home, Cavor stays and is treated with great respect.<br /><br /> So why didn't Armstrong and later astronauts find the evidence of all this? Well, according to broadcasts by Cavor over the newly-discovered radio technology, he told the Selenites too much about mankind, and apparently, they removed the welcome mat! (Summary by Mark)

11Ann Veronica

By H. G. Wells

Ann Veronica was a controversial book detailing the development of a naive school girl into a "New Woman". When it was published, the Spectator described it as a "poisonous book ... capable of poisoning the minds of those who read it." Although it is unlikely to offend modern listeners in this way, this novel addresses many feminist issues that are still relevant today. (Summary by Joy Chan)

12Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth

By H. G. Wells

Two stuffy English scientists, always looking to further their scientific knowledge, create a substance called Herakleophorbia, which in its fourth incarnation – known as Herakleophorbia IV – has the special ability of making things increase greatly in size. As the scientists begin experimentation on some chicks, the substance is misused by some “country folk” who don’t take it seriously and soon Herakleophorbia IV is running rampant throughout England and then across the globe, creating giant plants and animals that wreak havoc on the land and then the people. Then the first giant babies are revealed and for the first time humanity has to contend with the existence of a new race of giant people. How humanity deals with this shocking new creation is revealed in The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth. (Summary by Alex C. Telander)

13Jingle Book

By Carolyn Wells

A collection of silly poetry and limericks for children.

14World Set Free

By H. G. Wells

The World Set Free is a novel published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is considered a prophetical novel foretelling the advent of nuclear weapons.<br /><br />A constant theme in Wells's work, such as his 1901 nonfiction book Anticipations, was the role of energy and technological advance as a determinant of human progress.<br /><br />The novel opens: "The history of mankind is the history of the attainment of external power. Man is the tool-using, fire-making animal." Scientists of the day were well aware that the slow natural radioactive decay of elements like radium continues for thousands of years, and that while the rate of energy release is negligible, the total amount released is huge. Wells used this as the basis for his story. (Summary on Wikipedia)

15Story of the Stone Age

By H. G. Wells

This story is of a time beyond the memory of man, before the beginning of history. . . (Summary from the text)

16Time Machine (Version 4)

By H. G. Wells

The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 for the first time and later adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This 32,000 word story is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

17Modern Utopia

By H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the remainder of his life. One of his most ambitious early attempts at portraying a world state was <i>A Modern Utopia</i> (1905). <i>A Modern Utopia</i> was intended as a hybrid between fiction and 'philosophical discussion'. Like most utopists, he has indicated a series of modifications which in his opinion would increase the aggregate of human happiness. Basically, Wells' idea of a perfect world would be if everyone were able to live a happy life. This book is written with an intimate knowledge of former ideal commonwealths and is a conscious attempt to describe a utopia that is not utopian. (Summary by Wikipedia)

18History of Mr. Polly

By H. G. Wells

A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes everything.<br /><br />H.G. Wells’ early life as the son of a semi-insolvent shopkeeper and as a draper’s apprentice fueled his novels of the lower middle class: The Wheels of Chance (1896), Kipps (1905), and The History of Mr. Polly (1910). These works evoke the desperation of apprentices, clerks, and small traders in their monotonous toil behind shop counters. And, like Mr. Polly, his protagonists make a break from their mundane lives with more or less success.<br /><br />H. G. Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific writer in history, general and science fiction, and politics. He was a lifelong socialist. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)

19Story of the Days to Come

By H. G. Wells

Set in London in the early 22nd century, this novella depicts the troubles of two lovers, Denton and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a well-to-do woman with many connections, but Denton is only a middle-class worker. Elizabeth's father strongly disapproves of the match, and orders a hypnotist to hypnotize his daughter into thinking that she is in love with another. When the scheme is found out, Denton and Elizabeth elope, leading to a string of events that take them from the top of London society to horrifying depths of "underneath" London. (Summary by WoollyBee)

20World Set Free (version 2)

By H. G. Wells

Radioactive decay is a major theme in the novel The World Set Free, published in 1914. Wells explores what might happen if the rate of decay could be sped up. The book may have encouraged scientists to explore theories of nuclear chain reaction. It also served as a vehicle for Wells to develop his ideas on survival of the human race. (Summary by Bill Boerst)

21Time Machine (Version 3)

By H. G. Wells

H.G. Wells' classic science fiction-fantasy story, in which a scientist known only as “The Time Traveller” tells the tale of his journey to the year 802,701 A.D. and beyond, where he witnesses the end of human civilization as we know it, as well as the beginning of the end of the world. This original time-travel story has been copied many times, but never improved upon. (Summary by Mark Nelson)

22War in the Air

By H. G. Wells

War in the Air was written during a prolific time in H. G. Wells's writing career. Having withdrawn from British politics to spend more time on his own ideas, he published twelve books between 1901 and 1911, including this one. while many British citizens were surprised by the advent of World War I, Wells had already written prophetically about such a conflict. War in the Air predicted use of airplanes in modern war. (Summary by Bill Boerst)