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THE TIME MACHINE (UNABRIDGED CLASSICS)
Publisher:
Om Books International
| Author:
H.G. Wells
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Om Books International
Author:
H.G. Wells
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
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It sounds plausible enough
tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.
Born out of H.G. Wells’ literary vision of the future, The Time Machine
(1895) is an extraordinary work of early science fiction. A Victorian
scientist builds a time machine and lands in the year 802,701 AD. Initially,
he is transported to the pastoral idyll of an unknown land which is
delightfully peaceful. Soon, however, the paradisiacal façade shatters and he
discovers the reality of two distinct species: Eloi are useless, childlike
adults surviving on a fruit based diet, and Morlocks who are barbarians
thriving underground. The Time Traveller saves one of the Eloi from drowning,
and navigates through tunnels to retrieve his time machine that has gone
missing. Before returning to his era, The Time Traveller also visits a land
where a bloated red sun stares motionless in the sky and the only sign of
life is a black blob with tentacles. Once again, the scientist prepares to
leave on another time travel, but this time will he return?
Description
It sounds plausible enough
tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.
Born out of H.G. Wells’ literary vision of the future, The Time Machine
(1895) is an extraordinary work of early science fiction. A Victorian
scientist builds a time machine and lands in the year 802,701 AD. Initially,
he is transported to the pastoral idyll of an unknown land which is
delightfully peaceful. Soon, however, the paradisiacal façade shatters and he
discovers the reality of two distinct species: Eloi are useless, childlike
adults surviving on a fruit based diet, and Morlocks who are barbarians
thriving underground. The Time Traveller saves one of the Eloi from drowning,
and navigates through tunnels to retrieve his time machine that has gone
missing. Before returning to his era, The Time Traveller also visits a land
where a bloated red sun stares motionless in the sky and the only sign of
life is a black blob with tentacles. Once again, the scientist prepares to
leave on another time travel, but this time will he return?
About Author
HERBERT GEORGE WELLS was born
on 21 September 1866, in Bromley, England. In 1874, Wells, the son of
domestic helpers-turned-shopkeepers, had an accident that left him bedridden
for months. It was during this time that an avid reader was born. His father would
bring him books from the local library and Wells would spend hours devouring
the written word. Later, when his mother returned to working as a maidservant
in a country house in Sussex, Wells found himself in the owner's magnificent
library, immersed in the works of stalwarts like Jonathan Swift, Charles
Dickens, Sir Thomas More, Plato, Daniel Defoe and others. As a teenager,
Wells worked as a draper's assistant but eventually quit. Later, he won a
scholarship to the Normal School of Science (later, the Royal College) where
he learned about astronomy, biology, chemistry, and physics, among other
subjects. All through, Wells nursed the secret desire to become a writer
someday. In 1895, following the publication of The Time Machine, Wells became
an overnight sensation. The story of an English scientist developing a time
travel machine earned him the title of Father of Futurism. Wells' successive
books, often termed as 'scientific romances' included The Island of Doctor
Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897) and The War of the Worlds (1898)
Wells' works reflected the need for a society that flourished on the ideas
and principles of global socialism. Published in 192, The Outline of History
is regarded as Wells' best-selling work. A champion of social and political
ideas, he also ran for Parliament as a Labour Party candidate between 1922
and 192 The visionary author, sociologist, journalist, and historian breathed
his last on 13 August 1946, aged 79.
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