The Time Machine

Author
H. G. Wells
2h 39m First published 1895 (131 years ago) Sci-FiAdventure
Short Description
A Victorian inventor races 800,000 years into the future and uncovers humanity’s chilling fate, the original story in vivid modern language.
Full Description

The Time Machine follows a restless Victorian inventor who builds a machine that can travel through time and launches himself hundreds of thousands of years into the future. In the year 802,701 he finds the Eloi, a gentle, childlike people living in what looks like paradise, until he discovers the pale, predatory Morlocks lurking in the darkness beneath their feet. When his machine vanishes, he must face his fear of the underground to win it back. The original story in clear, modern language, with all the wonder, suspense, and sharp social insight of H. G. Wells’s classic. It’s an easy, gripping listen that pulls you straight into the far future.

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