![]() ![]() The path home from this unsettling dystopia is far from straight-forward and the unnamed time traveller – vulnerable and alone – must fight his way back to his own age, taking on an adventure story that encompasses themes of entropy, devolution, decay, and utopian satire.Īs much as The Time Machine is about the leap to a great dystopian future, it is far more firmly rooted in Wells’s Victorian age than one might imagine. It is a strange and unsettling time – the human race has split into two distinct strains: Eloi, pampered and weak rulers of the new world and Morlocks, savage beings that dwell in the deep passages beneath the earth. In an effort to prove the efficacy of his endeavour, the pioneering scientist propels himself forward in time to the year 802,701 AD using his device. Over dinner, a Victorian scientist discusses with his incredulous companions a new invention he has been working on: a Time Machine. Wells’s uniquely innovative story of time travel, which fuelled the imaginations of subsequent science-fiction writers. ![]()
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