The Time Machine / The Invisible Man

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The Time Machine conveys the Time Traveller into the distant future and an extraordinary world. There, stranded on a slowly dying Earth, he discovers two bizarre races: the effete Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks-a haunting portrayal of Darwin's evolutionary theory carried to a terrible conclusion. The Invisible Man is the fascinating tale of a brash young scientist who, experimenting on himself, becomes invisible and then criminally insane, trapped in the terror of his own creation. Convincing and unforgettably real, these two classics are consummate representations of the stories that defined science fiction-and inspired generations of readers and writers.

Herbert George "H.G." Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer best known forhis timeless science fiction novels, including The Time Machine, The Island of DoctorMoreau, and The War of the Worlds. After winning a scholarship to the prestigiousNormal School of Science in London, where he studied biology and helped found TheScience School Journal, he became a teacher and embarked on an impressive literarycareer that resulted in four Nobel Prize nominations. Wells also wrote extensively onpolitics and social matters and was one of the foremost public intellectuals of his day.