The Time Machine review: Wells at his most compact
H. G. Wells launched time travel as a modern genre in about 32,000 words, with a dinner-table argument and an idea that still feels alive.
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H. G. Wells launched time travel as a modern genre in about 32,000 words, with a dinner-table argument and an idea that still feels alive.
Begun when its author was 18, the novel remains the sharpest book we have about what we owe the things we make.
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