'As sme sa uprednostnili to bolo wildest and most desolate of scenes. We were in enormous amphitheatre, a vasť kruhové plain, floor of giant kráter. It's cliff-like múr zavretý v tej istej strane?' Thanks to discovery z anti-gravitého kovu, Cavorite, dva Victorian Englishman decide to tackle most prestigious goal - space travel. They construct a sphere that will ultimately take them to the moon. On landing, they encounter what seems ako utterly barren landscape ale ich niekoľko find signs, že planéta bola once very much alive. Ide o hear curious hammering zvuky z beneátu surface, a vedú tvárou k tvári s Selenites, race insect-like aliens living in a rigidly organizované hive society.