The Time Machine
The Time Machine DVD case

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells is a science fiction novel published in 1895 that postulated the notion of a “time machine” that enables its operator to travel forward and backward in time at will. The principle character is an English scientist and inventor known only as the Time Traveller, who begins by explaining to dinner guests that time is simply a fourth dimension and demonstrating a tabletop version of his machines that disappears into the future before their eyes. A week later he returns to tell an extraordinary tale of a journey hundreds of thousands of years into the future, where he encounters a passive race of humans called the Eloi and a brutish parallel race of Morlocks, who live underground and feed on the Eloi. His machine is discovered and impounded by the Morlocks, and the story revolves on his efforts to get it back and escape. After recounting this tale he embarks on a second journey and disappears. Along the way we are treated to descriptions and speculations on how and why the race has degenerated and the earth is dying, views that reflect Wells’ views on life and social relations.

The idea had its origins in his 1888 story “The Chronic Argonauts” and was written as a serial novel that ran in The New Review from January to May of 1895. It has been adapted repeatedly for radio, film and television, most notably in the 1960 film, which won the Academy Award for its time-lapse photographic effects.

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Product Details

Read by: Mark Nelson
Length: 3 hours and 38 minutes
Type: Solo reading
Media: MP3 CD
Package: DVD box
Item No.: DB-1062
EAN: 0684758936561
List Price: $9.99

Credits

Production

Book Coordinator: Stephan Mobius
Meta Coordinator: Annie Coleman Rothenberg

Artwork

Cover: Recursive image of a clock's face illustrating the Droste effect. Created using the mathmap plugin for GIMP.
DVD Inset: Cover of the first edition of The Time Machine
DVD Inset: Inset: Photo of H.G. Wells published in Newcomb, A; Blackford, K.M.H.: Analyzing Character, 1922.
DVD Insert: Example of a clockwork by Hallo HNH

The Recordings

About MP3 Audio

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The Recordings

These recordings were made using the author’s original published work, which is in the public domain. The readings were recorded by members of Librivox.org, which has generously made the recordings available to the public domain. While Librivox condones the sale and distribution of these recordings, it is not associated with the management or operations of MP3 Audiobook Classics. The audio files have been lightly edited and have been engineered using professional audio tools for maximum sonic quality. We spend considerable time and effort to ensure the recordings are free of noise, equalized for maximum listener pleasure, and that tracks are leveled and normalized to provide a consistent listening experience.

Table of Contents

Track Chapter Length
01 Chapter 1 21:06
02 Chapter 2 13:43
03 Chapter 3 14:47
04 Chapter 4 25:39
05 Chapter 5 42:15
06 Chapter 6 14:13
07 Chapter 7 16:42
08 Chapter 8 16:45
09 Chapter 9 16:47
10 Chapter 10 7:37
11 Chapter 11 13:26
12 Chapter 12 14:52

 

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