Audiobook

First Men in the Moon

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)

Year of Publication: 1901Genres: Science Fiction

Running Time: 8 hours 02 minutes 44 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne Mark F. Smith	36:53
2	The First Making of Cavorite Mark F. Smith	17:22
3	The Building of the sphere Mark F. Smith	18:02
4	Inside the Sphere Mark F. Smith	9:05
5	The Journey to the Moon Mark F. Smith	13:19
6	The Landing on the Moon Mark F. Smith	9:35
7	Sunrise on the Moon. Mark F. Smith	11:23
8	A Lunar Morning. Mark F. Smith	9:23
9	Prospecting Begins. Mark F. Smith	19:56
10	Lost Men in the Moon Mark F. Smith	12:07
11	The Mooncalf Pastures Mark F. Smith	23:35
12	The Selenite's Face Mark F. Smith	10:14
13	Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions Mark F. Smith	16:23
14	Experiments in intercourse Mark F. Smith	12:15
15	The Giddy Bridge Mark F. Smith	23:24
16	Points of View Mark F. Smith	17:18
17	The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers Mark F. Smith	22:21
18	In the Sunlight Mark F. Smith	19:23
19	Mr. Bedford Alone Mark F. Smith	24:35
20	Mr. Bedford in Infinite Space Mark F. Smith	17:00
21	Mr. Bedford at Littlestone Mark F. Smith	31:59
22	The Astonishing Communication of Mr. Julius Wendigee Mark F. Smith	8:57
23	An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor Mark F. Smith	17:56
24	The Natural History of the Selenites Mark F. Smith	40:10
25	The Grand Lunar Mark F. Smith	35:35
26	The Last Message Cavor Sent to the Earth Mark F. Smith	4:34