The Time Machine - SF Masterworks Author:H. G. Wells The classic time travel novella that remains one of the cornerstones of science fiction literatureA Victorian scientist develops a time machine and travels to the year 802,171 AD. There he finds the meek, child-like Eloi who live in fear of the underground-dwelling Morlocks. When his time machine goes missing, the Traveler faces a fig... more »ht to enter the Morlocks' domain and return to his own time. The first novel by the father of modern science fiction, this classic story has proved hugely influential.« less