The Time MachineTor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title—offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. |
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... called the world's first science - fiction novel . Wells died in 1946 , a famous and wealthy author , having seen science fiction become a recognized literary form and having seen the world realize some of science fiction's fondest ...
... called science - fiction stories then ( the genre didn't get its name until 1929 ) . Verne called his novels " extraordinary voyages . " Wells's stories were called " stories of science , " and his novels , " scientific romances ...
... called for " an open conspiracy " of people of good will to create a better one . He had seen change happening throughout his lifetime . In his Experiment in Autobiography ( 1934 ) he wrote : World forces were at work tending to dis ...
... called him a " re- alist of the fantastic . " It was as good a definition of science fiction as any . Life had been a struggle for Wells . Born with few prospects for getting ahead , sickly in his youth , impetuous in his love affairs ...
... called the earlier version " an experi- ment in the pseudo - teutonic Nathaniel Hawthorne style . " It was titled " The Chronic Argonauts , " and the time traveller was called " Nebogipfel . " " A cleansing course of Swift and Sterne ...
Contents
Section 1 | 65 |
Section 2 | 73 |
Section 3 | 82 |
Section 4 | 91 |
Section 5 | 100 |
Section 6 | 104 |
Section 7 | 112 |
Section 8 | 119 |
Section 9 | 121 |