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The Time Machine: Deluxe Edition with The Gray Man and The Chronic Argonauts
Hardcover
Science FictionClassic Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515426912
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
H. G. Wells' groundbreaking science fiction novel The Time Machine remains one of the most influential works in the history of speculative fiction, introducing the concept of mechanical time travel and reshaping the future of the genre. First published in 1895, Wells' visionary tale follows an unnamed Time Traveler who journeys far beyond his own era to the distant year 802,701 A.D.
In that remote future he encounters the gentle and childlike Eloi, who live in apparent peace among the ruins of a once-great civilization. Yet beneath the surface of this idyllic world lurks a darker truth: the subterranean Morlocks, sinister descendants of humanity whose existence reveals a terrifying evolutionary divide. Through this strange future society, Wells explores themes of class conflict, social decay, and the long-term consequences of human progress.
This deluxe edition presents Wells' classic novel alongside rare and significant supplementary material that illuminates the origins of one of science fiction's most enduring ideas. Included is the deleted portion of Chapter Eleven-removed by Wells when preparing the novel for book publication but preserved from the original magazine serialization-presented here as The Gray Man. The volume also contains The Chronic Argonauts, Wells' earlier time-travel story that introduced many of the ideas he later developed into The Time Machine.
Together these texts offer readers a fascinating look at the evolution of Wells' imagination and the early development of modern science fiction.
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