The First Men in the Moon (Version 2)
H. G. Wells
Read 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 (7 hr 19 min)
Chapters
Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne | 34:50 | Read by Cliff Stone |
The First Making of Cavorite | 16:57 | Read by Cliff Stone |
The Building of the Sphere | 16:35 | Read by Cliff Stone |
Inside the Sphere | 8:11 | Read by Cliff Stone |
The Journey to the Moon | 11:45 | Read by Cliff Stone |
The Landing on the Moon | 8:31 | Read by Cliff Stone |
Sunrise on the Moon | 10:17 | Read by Cliff Stone |
A Lunar Morning | 8:29 | Read by Cliff Stone |
Prospecting Begins | 17:58 | Read by Cliff Stone |
Lost Men in the Moon | 10:36 | Read by Cliff Stone |
The Mooncalf Pastures | 22:03 | Read by Cliff Stone |
The Selenite’s Face | 9:00 | Read by Cliff Stone |
Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions | 14:24 | Read by Cliff Stone |
Experiments in intercourse | 11:06 | Read by Cliff Stone |
The Giddy Bridge | 21:15 | Read by Cliff Stone |
Points of View | 15:39 | Read by Cliff Stone |
The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers | 21:22 | Read by Cliff Stone |
In the Sunlight | 18:34 | Read by Cliff Stone |
Mr. Bedford Alone | 22:51 | Read by Cliff Stone |
Mr. Bedford in Infinite Space | 14:52 | Read by Cliff Stone |
Mr. Bedford at Littlestone | 28:25 | Read by Cliff Stone |
The Astonishing Communication of Mr. Julius Wendigee | 7:52 | Read by Cliff Stone |
An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor | 15:43 | Read by Cliff Stone |
The Natural History of the Selenites | 36:53 | Read by Cliff Stone |
The Grand Lunar | 31:20 | Read by Cliff Stone |
The Last Message Cavor sent to the Earth | 4:00 | Read by Cliff Stone |
Reviews
A Wonderful Story
Travis Blair (The Tatted Yak)
Having never been introduced to the story by HG Wells, I found this reading quite delightful.