{"product_id":"9781499744460","title":"The Time Machine: Original and Unabridged","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/b\u003e, a science fiction novel by \u003ci\u003eH. G. Wells\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the \u003ci\u003eTime Traveller\u003c\/i\u003e, an English scientist and gentleman inventor living in Richmond, Surrey in Victorian England. The narrator recounts the Traveller's lecture to his weekly dinner guests that time is simply a fourth dimension, and his demonstration of a tabletop model machine for travelling through it. He reveals that he has built a machine capable of carrying a person through time, and returns at dinner the following week to recount a remarkable tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Time Traveller tests his device with a journey that takes him to A.D. 802,701, where he meets the Eloi, a society of small, elegant, childlike adults. They live in small communities within large and futuristic yet slowly deteriorating buildings, doing no work and having a frugivorous diet. His efforts to communicate with them are hampered by their lack of curiosity or discipline, and he speculates that they are a peaceful, common society, the result of humanity conquering nature with technology, and subsequently evolving to adapt to an environment in which strength and intellect are no longer advantageous to survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWells is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term \"time machine\", coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. This work is an early example of the Dying Earth subgenre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story reflects Wells's own socialist political views, his view on life and abundance, and the contemporary angst about industrial relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Time Machine has since been adapted into two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It has also indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46364454387953,"sku":"9781499744460","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781499744460_p0.jpg?v=1765098051","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781499744460","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}