The Time Machine By H. G. Wells (Paperback, 2005)

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A seminal & hugely imaginative work of early science fiction HG Wells's The Time Machine is the first & greatest modern portrayal of time-travel edited by Patrick Parrinder with an introduction by Marina Warner & notes by Steven Mc Lean in Penguin Classics When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802701 AD he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty contentment & peace Entranced at first by the Eloi an elfin species descended from man he soon realises that this beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture
- now weak & childishly afraid of the dark But they have every reason to be afraid in deep tunnels beneath their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity
- the sinister Morlocks & when the scientist's time machine vanishes it becomes clear he must search these tunnels if he is ever to return to his own era This edition

Includes:: a full biographical essay on Wells a further reading list & detailed notes Marina Warner's introduction considers Wells's development of the 'scientific romance' & places the novel in the context of its times HG Wells (1866-1946) was a professional writer & journalist Wells's prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction but later he became an apostle of socialism science & progress Among his most popular works are The Time Machine (1895); The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) filmed with Bela Lugosi in 1932 & again in 1996 with Marlon Brando; The Invisible Man (1897); The War of the Worlds (1898) which was the subject of an Orson Welles radio adaptation that caused mass panic when it was broadcast & a 2005 film directed by Stephen Spielberg; & The First Men in the Moon (1901) which predicted the first lunar landings If you enjoyed The Time Machine you might like Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth also available in Penguin Classics