In the book that introduced the world to the idea of traveling through time, H.G. Wells offers a wild adventure story infused with political commentary. An unnamed dreamer obsessed with travelling to the future builds a machine that launches him into the year 802,701 AD. He is greeted by a society transformed by harmony, only to discover a dark, brutal world beneath his feet inhabited by a subterranean species that preys on the citizens who live above. The Time Machine is a seminal work of science fiction that has influenced countless minds since its original publication in 1895.