TIME MACHINE, THE INVISIBLE MA

Gatheredtogetherinonehardcovervolume:threetimelessnovelsfromthefoundingfatherofsciencefiction.Thefirstgreatnoveltoimaginetimetravel,"TheTimeMachine"(1895)followsitsscientistnarratoronanincrediblejourneythattakeshimfinallytoEarth'slastmoments--andperhapshisown.Thescientistwhodiscovershowtotransformhimselfin"TheInvisibleMan"(1897)willalsodiscover,toolate,thathehasbecomeunmooredfromsocietyandfromhisownsanity."TheWaroftheWorlds"(1898)--theseminalmasterpieceofalieninvasionadaptedbyOrsonWellesforhisnotorious1938radiodrama,andsubsequentlybyseveralfilmmakers--imaginesafierceraceofMartianswhodevastateEarthandfeedontheirhumanvictimswhiletheirvoraciousvegetation,theredweed,spreadsovertheruinedplanet.Herearethreeclassicsciencefictionnovelsthat,morethanacenturyaftertheiroriginalpublication,shownosignoflosingtheirgriponreaders'imaginations.