Trivia / The First Men in the Moon

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  • Cavorite was regularly used in science fiction stories through the 1920s.
  • The 2017 Anime Princess Principal has cavorite as a significant plot device, and the Selenites are also mentioned.
  • The novel is a favourite of Captain Andrew "Jet" Morgan in Journey into Space.
  • The Fictional Document A Report on Martian Technology, dealing with a certain other HG Wells sci-fi novel states that Martian Flying Machines are coated in "a gravity-blocking substance" whose lower fuselages can be rolled up to adjust just how much gravity they block.
• Science Marches On: The depiction of the moon can be rather jarring, what with air and food...