H.G.Wells《時間機器》Penguin English Library系列
時間旅行小說始祖,科幻小說先驅H. G. Wells第一部科幻小說
一名科學家藉時間機器穿越時空來到西元802,701年,在這個年代人類分為兩個族群,各為高度進化的埃洛伊人(Eloi)和野蠻的莫洛克斯人(Morlocks)。兩者間的關係將引導他見證人類的最終命運,並發覺禍根源於自己的時代。
The Penguin English Library Edition of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells 'Great shapes like big machines rose out of the dimness, and cast grotesque black shadows, in which dim spectral Morlocks sheltered from the glare' Chilling, prophetic and hugely influential, The Time Machine sees a Victorian scientist propel himself into the year 802,701 AD, where he is delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty and contentment in the form of the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man. But he soon realizes that they are simply remnants of a once-great culture - now weak and living in terror of the sinister Morlocks lurking in the deep tunnels, who threaten his very return home.
H. G. Wells defined much of modern science fiction with this 1895 tale of time travel, which questions humanity, society, and our place on Earth. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.