When the Time Traveller courageously steppedย out of his machine for the first time, he found himself inย the year 802,700โand everything had changed. In thisย unfamiliar, utopian age creatures seemed to dwell togetherย in perfect harmony. The Time Traveller thoughtย he could study these marvelous beingsโunearth their secret and then return to his own timeโuntilย he discovered that his invention, his only avenueย of escape, had been stolen.
H. G. Wellsโs famous novel of one manโsย astonishing journey beyond the conventional limitsย of the imagination first appeared in 1895. It wonย him immediate recognition and has been regarded everย since as one of the great masterpieces in theย literature of science fiction.
Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 โ 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.