Ready Reference Treatise: The Time Machine

By Raja Sharma

“The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells was first published in 1895. It is a science fiction novella.

The credit of popularizing the scientific concept of time travel goes to “The Time Machine.”

There happens to be a vehicle in the story and it allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively in time.

The term ‘time machine’ was coined by H. G. Wells, but now it is universally used to refer to a vehicle that can travel in time, both in future and past.

“The Time Machine” happens to be an early example of the Dying Earth subgenre.

The book has been adapted into two feature films of the same name. Two television movie versions have also been made. Several comic books were also published with the story of the book.

Ready Reference Treatise: The Time Machine
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Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Plot Summary
Chapter Three: Characters
Chapter Four: Complete Summary
Chapter Five: Critical Commentary

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Oct 10, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301223671

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Ready Reference Treatise: The Time Machine

Raja Sharma

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Ready Reference Treatise: The Time Machine

Raja Sharma

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Chapter One: Introduction

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells was first published in 1895. It is a science fiction novella.

The credit of popularizing the scientific concept of time travel goes to The Time Machine.

There happens to be a vehicle in the story and it allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively in time.

The term ‘time machine’ was coined by H. G. Wells, but now it is universally used to refer to a vehicle that can travel in time, both in future and past.

The Time Machine happens to be an early example of the Dying Earth subgenre.

The book has been adapted into two feature films of the same name. Two television movie versions have also been made. Several comic books were also published with the story of the book.

The Time Machine inspired several authors, both contemporary and future, to come out with more works of fiction based on the subject matter.

In his earlier work The Chronic Argonauts H. G. Wells has already thought of the idea of time travel. It was a short story and it was published in his college newspaper. That short story was actually the