The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
Recommended by Sahil Lavingia and Winston Churchill
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Steampunk, Classic, and Dystopian.
He succeeds in placing before the reader a vision of the world in cosmic time' Norman NicholsonThe Time Traveller knew that Time was only a kind of Space. The fantastic story of his adventures in a machine which could travel in any direction of Space and Time has captured the imagination of millions.H. G. Wells, one of the giants of twentiethcent...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Steampunk, Classic, and Dystopian.
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Winston Churchill
“A wonderful book, in the same class as Gulliver’s Travels. It is one of the books I would like to take with me to Purgatory.”
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