Record Number: 32302

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Thanks for the '1st men in the moon', I have already finished it and enjoyed it very much."

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1909 and 21 Feb 1909

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Watford
Hertfordshire
Wynyard School

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Clive Staples Lewis

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

29 Nov 1898

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Student

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

Northern Ireland

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

H.G. Wells

Title:

The First Men in the Moon

Genre:

Fiction, Science fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1901 edition

Provenance

owned
a gift from his father

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32302

Source:

Print

Author:

C.S. Lewis

Editor:

Walter Hooper

Title:

C.S. Lewis Collected Letters

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

1

Page:

11

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

C.S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C.S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 11, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32302, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

I think this is Lewis's first reference to H.G.Wells, whose work inspired his own science fiction:'I...simply wished to conquer for my own (Christian)pt. of view what has always hitherto been used by the opposite side. I think Wells' "1st men in the Moon" the best of the sort I have read.' (Letter to Roger Lancelyn Green, 28 Dec. 1938)