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Author: H. G. Wells
Year: 2012
Language: en
Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781477573105
Dewey Decimal: 823.912
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The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform in June 2012, is a significant work in the science fiction genre, originally released in 1895. This edition spans 80 pages and presents the story of a nameless Time Traveller who journeys to the distant future of 802,701. In this future world, he encounters two distinct races: the Eloi, a fragile and dependent society, and the Morlocks, who dwell underground and prey on the Eloi, illustrating Wells’s commentary on social and political themes.

Readers will find that The Time Machine explores the implications of time travel and the consequences of societal evolution. The narrative delves into the stark contrasts between the two races, reflecting Wells’s critique of capitalism and its potential outcomes. This edition invites readers to engage with the foundational ideas of the science fiction genre while contemplating the dystopian elements woven throughout the story.


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First novel by H.G. Wells, published in book form in 1895. The novel is considered one of the earliest works of science fiction and the progenitor of the “time travel” subgenre. Wells advanced his social and political ideas in this narrative of a nameless Time Traveller who is hurtled into the year 802,701 by his elaborate ivory, crystal, and brass contraption. The world he finds is peopled by two races: the decadent Eloi, fluttery and useless, are dependent for food, clothing, and shelter on the simian subterranean Morlocks, who prey on them. The two races–whose names are borrowed from the Biblical Eli and Moloch–symbolize Wells’s vision of the eventual result of unchecked capitalism: a neurasthenic upper class that would eventually be devoured by a proletariat driven to the depths.

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Language: en. Pages: 80.

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