The Time Machine (Penguin English Library)

作者 H. G. Wells著
出版社 Penguin Books
出版时间 2012年5月
ISBN 9780141199344
定价 67.70

内容简介

ThePenguinEnglishLibraryEditionofTheTimeMachinebyH.G.Wells.'Greatshapeslikebigmachinesroseoutofthedimness,andcastgrotesqueblackshadows,inwhichdimspectralMorlocksshelteredfromtheglare'Chilling,propheticandhugelyinfluential,TheTimeMachineseesaVictorianscientistpropelhimselfintotheyear802,701AD,whereheisdelightedtofindthatsufferinghasbeenreplacedbybeautyandcontentmentintheformoftheEloi,anelfinspeciesdescendedfromman.Buthesoonrealizesthattheyaresimplyremnantsofaonce-greatculture-nowweakandlivinginterrorofthesinisterMorlockslurkinginthedeeptunnels,whothreatenhisveryreturnhome.H.G.Wellsdefinedmuchofmodernsciencefictionwiththis1895taleoftimetravel,whichquestionshumanity,society,andourplaceonEarth.ThePenguinEnglishLibrary-100editionsofthebestfictioninEnglish,fromtheeighteenthcenturyandtheveryfirstnovelstothebeginningoftheFirstWorldWar.

作者简介

Inthespaceoflessthanfouryears,H.G.Wells(1866-1946)publishedfourofthemostinfluential,originalandhair-raisingofallworksofscience-fiction.Inalifeoftirelessexperiment,travellingandintellectualengagement,Wellswasbothaleadingpublicfigureandoneofthegreatimaginersofthemodernworld.Wells'sotherscience-fictionclassicsTheTimeMachine,TheIslandofDoctorMoreauandTheInvisibleManarealsopublishedinthePenguinEnglishLibrary.

丛书

Penguin English Library

— END —