The Time Machine Contributor(s): Wells, H. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1537126962 ISBN-13: 9781537126968 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
Lexile Measure: 1010 |
Physical Information: 0.16" H x 6" W x 9" (0.26 lbs) 78 pages |
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Publisher Description: Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- The Time Machine is a fantastic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. Wells is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposely and selectively forwards or backwards in time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle. The Time Machine has since been adapted into three feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It has also indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. The book's protagonist is an English scientist and gentleman inventor living in Richmond, Surrey, in Victorian England, and identified by a narrator simply as the Time Traveller. The narrator recounts the Traveller's lecture to his weekly dinner guests that time is simply a fourth dimension, and his demonstration of a tabletop model machine for travelling through it. The book engagingly introduces the scientist who uses a Time Machine to be transferred into the age of a slowly dying earth. Humans have been separated by time, genetics, wars and change of their habitats into two different races, the Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks. At only about 100 pages, Wells manages to delve into a lot of different topics, among which can be found the ambiguity of human natures, the mutual effects of humans on our planet and our planet on humans, as well as a profound look into what defines humanity itself. He reveals that he has built a machine capable of carrying a person through time, and returns at dinner the following week to recount a remarkable tale, becoming the new narrator... -------- How will the Earth look like 800,000 years in the future? That's a question everyone can only attempt to find an answer to, while H.G. Wells was one of the first writers who tackled the topic of time-travelling and painted a rather convincing picture of the future. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Books for You: Tales of Terror and Mystery by Arthur Coanan Doyles https: //www.createspace.com/6499707 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6498370 The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6498594 The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6499304 The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6500007 The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6499480 The Open Boat and Other Stories by Stephen Crane https: //www.createspace.com/6447605 A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe https: //www.createspace.com/6493459 The Aspern Papers by Henry James https: //www.createspace.com/6495613 Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw https: //www.createspace.com/6497582 The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6502771 The Adventures of Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6502339 Through the Magic Door by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6502006 The Adventure of the Devil's Foot by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6501272 |