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Description for The Time Machine
Paperback. A new SF Masterwork edition of H. G. Wells' classic time-travel story, with an introduction by Gwyneth Jones. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 142.
A Victorian scientist develops a time machine and travels to the year 802,171 AD. There he finds the meek, child-like Eloi who live in fear of the underground-dwelling Morlocks. When his time machine goes missing, the Traveller faces a fight to enter the Morlocks' domain and return to his own time. THE TIME MACHINE remains one of the cornerstones of science-fiction literature and has proved hugely influential.
A Victorian scientist develops a time machine and travels to the year 802,171 AD. There he finds the meek, child-like Eloi who live in fear of the underground-dwelling Morlocks. When his time machine goes missing, the Traveller faces a fight to enter the Morlocks' domain and return to his own time. THE TIME MACHINE remains one of the cornerstones of science-fiction literature and has proved hugely influential.
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Weight
142g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473217973
SKU
V9781473217973
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-31
About H. G. Wells
H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent in 1866. After working as a draper's apprentice and pupil-teacher, he won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in 1884, studying under T. H. Huxley. He was awarded a first-class honours degree in biology and resumed teaching but had to retire after a kick from an ill-natured pupil afflicted his kidneys. ... Read more
Reviews for The Time Machine
For my money, this was the birth of modern science fiction. Mary Shelley invented science fiction with Frankenstein, but The Time Machine is something else. I like to try to imagine people reading this when it was originally published as a newspaper serial in 1895 England. Still unforgettable, thrilling, haunting.