The Time Machine

The Fourth Dimension...and Beyond! At 4 p.m., the inventor entered his laboratory, climbed into the saddle of his strange vehicle and nervously pulled a lever. At 8 p.m., that same evening, the inventor emerged from the craft-filthy, starved and near exhaustion. He staggered to the dinner table and informed his astonished guests that he had just spent eight full days..in the year 802,701! Thus begins THE TIME MACHINE, H.G. Wells' immortal masterpiece of the imagination. First published in 1895, the story deals with nothing less than the final demise of mankind, half-a-million years in the future. Remarkably detailed and insightful, Wells' description of the Eloi and the Morlocks-two conflicting races of the future-presents the auther at the pinnacle of his story-telling power. In the 75 years since its appearance, this gripping tale has achieved a reputation as a masterpiece of the science-fiction genre.