Book Review : The First Men In The Moon by H. G. Wells (Rating ***)
H. G. Wells is called one of the fore fathers of science fiction. Indeed, many books he wrote in this field were visionary and legendary in the true sense as they are still popular among international readers 100 years after their first publishing. We must thank projects like Project Gutenberg who have made these, out of copyright literature free for all. The moon fascinated all the world since ancient times as it is the only celestial body near to the earth, which is clearly visible in whole, from the earth. Till 1960’s when humans visited the moon for the first time, everybody had different theory about the moon as what may be there on the moon and below its surface hidden from our eyes and telescopes. This book deals with all these imaginations of humans in 19th century, they had speculated about the moon. Wells have imagined that moon have a thin atmosphere with oxygen and moon beings called selenites live below the surface of the moon. At the end of 19th century the world was on t