The Time Machine and Other Works (Wordsworth Classics) - Softcover

Wells, H.G.

 
9781840227383: The Time Machine and Other Works (Wordsworth Classics)

Synopsis

In these 'scientific romances' H. G. Wells sees the present reflected in the future and the future in the present. His aim is to provoke rather than predict. The Sleeper falls into a trance, waking up two centuries later as the richest man in a world of new technologies, power-greedy leaders, sensual elites, and brutalised industrial slaves. Arriving in the year 802,701, the Time-Traveller finds that humanity has evolved into two drastically different species; going farther still, he witnesses the ultimate fate of the solar system. The Chronic Argonauts, the original version of The Time Machine, pits a scientist with daring views of time and space against superstitious villagers. In all three works Wells laces vivid adventure stories with the latest ideas in biology and physics.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Widely considered to be the father of science fi ction, Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), or H.G. Wells as he is better known, was an innovative and prolifi c writer across many genres. His most famous works - such as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds - are considered modern classics.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.