Wells, HG (1901) The First Men in the Moon. Wells' imaginative tale of two men taken by the spirit of adventure; one for science, the other out of escapism and capitalism; up into the moon, to meet a wholly more advanced race. '"It is a seed," said Cavor. And I then I heard him whisper very softly, "Life!" "Life!" And immediately it poured upon us that our vast journey had not been made in vain...'