When the Time Traveller courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700âand everything had changed. In this unfamiliar, utopian age creatures seemed to dwell together in perfect harmony. The Time Traveller thought he could study these marvelous beingsâunearth their secret and then return to his own timeâuntil he discovered that his invention, his only avenue of escape, had been stolen.
H. G. Wellsâs famous novel of one manâs astonishing journey beyond the conventional limits of the imagination first appeared in 1895. It won him immediate recognition and has been regarded ever since as one of the great masterpieces in the literature of science fiction.
Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 â 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called the "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback.