The First Men in the Moon (Version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The First Men in the Moon (Version 2), credited to H. G. Wells, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The First Men in the Moon (Version 2) by H. G. Wells. Read in English 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

Recording facts

• Recording title: The First Men in the Moon (Version 2)
• Author credits: H. G. Wells
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 7:19:28

Catalogue topics

• space travel
• moon
• moon landing
• travel to the moon
• trip to the moon
• selenites
• in the moon

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne — 34:50
2. 02 - The First Making of Cavorite — 16:57
3. 03 - The Building of the Sphere — 16:35
4. 04 - Inside the Sphere — 8:11
5. 05 - The Journey to the Moon — 11:45
6. 06 - The Landing on the Moon — 8:31
7. 07 - Sunrise on the Moon — 10:17
8. 08 - A Lunar Morning — 8:29
9. 09 - Prospecting Begins — 17:58
10. 10 - Lost Men in the Moon — 10:36
11. 11 - The Mooncalf Pastures — 22:03
12. 12 - The Selenite’s Face — 9:00
13. 13 - Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions — 14:24
14. 14 - Experiments in intercourse — 11:06
15. 15 - The Giddy Bridge — 21:15
16. 16 - Points of View — 15:39
17. 17 - The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers — 21:22
18. 18 - In the Sunlight — 18:34
19. 19 - Mr. Bedford Alone — 22:51
20. 20 - Mr. Bedford in Infinite Space — 14:52
21. 21 - Mr. Bedford at Littlestone — 28:25
22. 22 - The Astonishing Communication of Mr. Julius Wendigee — 7:52
23. 23 - An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor — 15:43
24. 24 - The Natural History of the Selenites — 36:53

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