Cosmopolitan Magazines (Nov., 1900 - June, 1901). H. G. Wells' "The First Men in the Moon." First Printing.
A businessman and an eccentric scientist in Victorian England undertake a journey to the moon in a spherical spaceship coated with a gravity-defying paste called Cavorite. After arriving on the moon and cavorting in a lush, fast-growing jungle on its surface, the earthly visitors partake of a fungus that gets them drunk. As they hop about drunkenly, dodging giant beasts called “mooncalves,” they’re taken captive by insect-like inhabitants called Selenites and transported underground. The Selenites live in a rigidly organized hive society with an all-powerful head. The story mixes horror with humor and biting satire and was the basis for a rather good movie released in 1964:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZT5X4ULlss
Wells’ story of The First Men in the Moon first appeared as a ten-part serial in The Strand Magazine (Nov. 1900 – August 1901) with illustrations by Claude Shepperson . The story appeared simultaneously in the USA as an eight-part serial in The Cosmopolitan Magazine (Nov. 1900 – June 1901) with illustrations by E. Hering. The Bowen-Merrill Co. of Indianapolis published the first edition of the novel in book form in 1901 with eleven of Hering’s illustrations. The British followed a month later with their own book edition from George Newnes in London with twelve of Shepperson’s illustrations.
The 19th and early 20th centuries are thought of as the golden age of magazines. Entire novels would often appear in magazines before publication in book form. Authors didn’t hesitate to submit their work for publication in the popular magazines of the day. It’s there that you will find classic works by such fine authors as Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling , H. G. Wells and others.
Cosmopolitan Magazines (Nov., 1900 - June, 1901). H. G. Wells' "The First Men in the Moon." First Printing.
A businessman and an eccentric scientist in Victorian England undertake a journey to the moon in a spherical spaceship coated with a gravity-defying paste called Cavorite. After arriving on the moon and cavorting in a lush, fast-growing jungle on its surface, the earthly visitors partake of a fungus that gets them drunk. As they hop about drunkenly, dodging giant beasts called “mooncalves,” they’re taken captive by insect-like inhabitants called Selenites and transported underground. The Selenites live in a rigidly organized hive society with an all-powerful head. The story mixes horror with humor and biting satire and was the basis for a rather good movie released in 1964:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZT5X4ULlss
Wells’ story of The First Men in the Moon first appeared as a ten-part serial in The Strand Magazine (Nov. 1900 – August 1901) with illustrations by Claude Shepperson . The story appeared simultaneously in the USA as an eight-part serial in The Cosmopolitan Magazine (Nov. 1900 – June 1901) with illustrations by E. Hering. The Bowen-Merrill Co. of Indianapolis published the first edition of the novel in book form in 1901 with eleven of Hering’s illustrations. The British followed a month later with their own book edition from George Newnes in London with twelve of Shepperson’s illustrations.
The 19th and early 20th centuries are thought of as the golden age of magazines. Entire novels would often appear in magazines before publication in book form. Authors didn’t hesitate to submit their work for publication in the popular magazines of the day. It’s there that you will find classic works by such fine authors as Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling , H. G. Wells and others.