The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

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Gollancz
14 March 2017

Science fiction; Time Travel; GALAXY Special Event 1

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.

By: H. G. Wells
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 163mm, Width: 200mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 142g
ISBN: 9781473217973
ISBN 10: 1473217970
Series: S.F. Masterworks
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 14 March 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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. He worked in poverty in London as a crammer while experimenting in journalism and stories. It was with THE TIME MACHINE (1895) that he had his real breakthrough.

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.