The Time Machine

The Time Machine was the first of several imaginative literary inventions by H. G. Wells, The father of modern science fiction . The novel follows the adventures of a hypothetical Time Traveller who journeys into the future to find that humanity has evolved into two races: the peaceful Eloi — vegetarians who tire easily — and the carnivorous, predatory Morlocks.

The Traveler, who carries no more than a matchbox with him, will have to learn to move between these two worlds and decipher a macabre secret, at the risk of never being able to return to the London of his time.

The novel offers fascinating food for thought about the world of the future, it also succeeds as an exciting blend of adventure and pseudo-scientific romance. Sure to delight lovers of the fantastic and bizarre, The Time Machine is a book that belongs on the shelf of every science-fiction fan.