The Time Machine

H.G. Wells's 1895 novella invented time travel as we know it—and remains one of the most influential works of science fiction ever written. A Victorian scientist builds a machine that carries him to the year 802,701 AD, where he discovers humanity has evolved into two species: the childlike Eloi who live in apparent paradise above ground, and the monstrous Morlocks who dwell in darkness below. But the relationship between these two peoples is far more terrible than it first appears. Part adventure, part social allegory, part meditation on the ultimate fate of humanity, The Time Machine still has the power to thrill and disturb. A Raven's Gate Classics edition.