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the lunar leader and those listening to the interview are "stricken with amazement". Bedford infers that it is for this reason that Cavor has been prevented from further broadcasting to Earth. Cavor's transmissions are cut off as he is trying to describe how to make cavorite. His final fate is unknown, but
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fatness", that they dub "mooncalves", and five-foot-high "Selenites" tending them. At first they hide and crawl about, but growing hungry partake of some "monstrous coralline growths" of fungus that inebriate them. They wander drunkenly until they encounter a party of six extraterrestrials, who capture them. The insectoid lunar natives (referred to as "Selenites", after
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vaporises and strange plants begin to grow with extraordinary rapidity. Bedford and Cavor leave the capsule, but in romping about get lost in the rapidly growing jungle. They hear for the first time a mysterious booming coming from beneath their feet. They encounter "great beasts", "monsters of mere
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as she is stranded on the Moon bears considerable similarity to that of Cavor, in that a complex society is found on the Moon with an abundance of gold, and the main character (Della, in this case) attempts to contact Earth via radio. In this instance, however, it is the lunar society that is
872:(1864). Both novels had certain elements in common, such as a globular spaceship built in secret after inventing a way to overcome Earth's gravity. Wells simply replied: "I have never heard of Mr Cromie nor of the book he attempts to advertise by insinuations of plagiarism on my part."
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but fight their way past. Back on the surface, they split up to search for their spaceship. Bedford finds it but returns to Earth without Cavor, who injured himself in a fall and was recaptured by the
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687:; Nathanial Stone's father is a reverend.
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2725:Extraterrestrial life in popular culture
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2186:Select Conversations with an Uncle
1814:Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island
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1798:The World of William Clissold
1220:Browne, Nicoletta Christina.
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2098:A Short History of the World
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1694:The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman
1384:. Wildside Press. pp. 50â51.
985:H. G. Wells, "Preface", in
952:McLean, S. (17 April 2009).
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2400:A Story of the Days to Come
1972:Experiment in Autobiography
1958:The Discovery of the Future
1838:The Shape of Things to Come
1822:The Autocracy of Mr. Parham
1534:The Island of Doctor Moreau
1456:public domain audiobook at
1166:The Shape of things to Come
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1902:Babes in the Darkling Wood
1790:Christina Alberta's Father
1071:The First Men in the Moon,
843:The fourth adaptation, in
800:From the Earth to the Moon
754:DuckTales (2017 TV series)
636:" series adventure novel,
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565:was based both on Wells's
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2260:The Country of the Blind
2232:The Argonauts of the Air
1944:Certain Personal Matters
1918:You Can't Be Too Careful
1726:The Research Magnificent
1622:In the Days of the Comet
1185:(1993). "Dystopias". In
1024:True Histories of Lucian
1015:In the Days of the Comet
996:The Island of Dr. Moreau
914:Moon landings in fiction
752:In the second season of
371:Out of the Silent Planet
350:Influence on C. S. Lewis
2680:George Newnes Ltd books
2330:The Lord of the Dynamos
2200:Tales of Space and Time
1654:The History of Mr Polly
1057:Pringle, David (1997).
889:1901 in science fiction
714:Cavorite is present in
658:A substance similar to
2700:Novels set on the Moon
2302:The Empire of the Ants
2077:The Outline of History
2007:God the Invisible King
1870:The Camford Visitation
1830:The Bulpington of Blup
1686:The Passionate Friends
1566:When the Sleeper Wakes
1226:T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews
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761:arguably more warlike.
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2685:Novels by H. G. Wells
2589:First Men in the Moon
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2246:The Chronic Argonauts
2154:A Year of Prophesying
2084:Russia in the Shadows
2028:Mankind in the Making
2000:The Future in America
1986:First and Last Things
1910:All Aboard for Ararat
1558:The War of the Worlds
1256:www.chinadaily.com.cn
1124:The War of the Worlds
1045:"Le roman de la lune"
1004:The War of the Worlds
652:A Deepness in the Sky
475:, in others (such as
385:English country house
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18:First Men in the Moon
2428:A Vision of Judgment
2288:The Door in the Wall
2112:This Misery of Boots
1742:The Soul of a Bishop
1574:Love and Mr Lewisham
1542:The Wheels of Chance
1222:"Princess Principal"
1008:The Food of the Gods
509:, by English writer
506:Menace from the Moon
430:improve this article
363:Roger Lancelyn Green
312:you are not Bedford,
30:For other uses, see
2655:1901 British novels
2497:H. G. Wells Society
2344:The New Accelerator
2274:A Deal in Ostriches
2091:The Science of Life
2070:The Open Conspiracy
2056:The New World Order
1670:The New Machiavelli
1526:The Wonderful Visit
987:Seven Famous Novels
919:Private spaceflight
866:A Plunge into Space
679:Andy Frankham-Allen
610:and invasion fleet.
473:A. Bertram Chandler
336:wireless telegraphy
328:The Strand Magazine
178:The Strand Magazine
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2573:A Trip to the Moon
2482:Anthony West (son)
2358:The Plattner Story
2316:The Land Ironclads
2239:The Beautiful Suit
2126:War and the Future
2063:New Worlds for Old
2014:In the Fourth Year
1878:Apropos of Dolores
1846:The Croquet Player
1702:The World Set Free
1662:The Sleeper Awakes
1630:The War in the Air
1305:Apogee Space Books
811:A Trip to the Moon
790:A Trip to the Moon
708:Princess Principal
639:The Moon Maze Game
503:In the 1925 novel
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2281:The Diamond Maker
1550:The Invisible Man
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1951:Crux Ansata
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669:Space: 1889
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511:Bohun Lynch
442:August 2017
355:C. S. Lewis
324:Littlestone
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