A science fiction classic- Cavor, a brilliant scientist who accidentally produces a gravity-defying substance, builds a spaceship and, along with the materialistic Bedford, travels to the moon. The coldly intellectual Cavor seeks knowledge, while Bedford seeks fortune. Instead of insight and gold they encounter the Selenites, a horrifying race of biologically engineered creatures who viciously, and successfully, defend their home. Heavily criticized upon publication for its fantastic ideas, the novel (1901) is now justly considered a science fiction classic. H. G. Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific novelist famous primarily for science fiction but also for comic realism. Astra Series A paperback and e-book series published by Intra. Global readability, Italian charm.