The Time Machine
Synopsis:
A Victorian scientist and inventor creates a machine for propelling himself through time, and voyages to the year AD 802701, where he discovers a race of humanoids called the Eloi. Their gently indolent way of life, set in a decaying cityscape, leads the scientist to believe that they are the remnants of a once great civilization. He is forced to revise this assessment when he comes across the cave dwellings of threatening ape-like creatures known as Morlocks, whose dark underground world he must explore to discover the terrible secrets of this fractured society, and the means of getting back to his own time.
A biting critique of class and social equality as well as an innovative and much imitated piece of science fiction which introduced the idea of time travel into the popular consciousness, The Time Machine is a profound and extraordinarily prescient novel.
Excerpt:
The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. The fir...
About the Author:
H.G. Wells is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. He was the author of numerous classics such as The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The War of the Worlds, and many more.
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Anthony Zeid A classic fantastic story. The character is taken on an extraordinary journey and adventure. Although this story differs to mine in more than just a few ways, the genre is similar. The use of time in the story highlights the different future out comes which can occur depending on the actions and inter actions of people.
Although time machine was written many, many years ago, ''published 1895'' the story still stands up today as the ''timeless classic'' which it remains ''pardon the pun'', hence the original film made from the book many years later, and the re-make in even more modern times.
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