The Chronic Argonauts and The Time Machine

This two-part collection contains H.G. Wells' classic time travel novels, THE CHRONIC ARGONAUTS and THE TIME MACHINE.

Set in late 19th-century London, THE TIME MACHINE is the story of the Time Traveler, an English inventor whose time machine takes him to the year 802,701 A.D. There he discovers the human race has diverged into two races, the sun-dwelling Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks. In order to escape the future, the Time Traveler must discover the horrifying relationship between the two groups.

THE CHRONIC ARGONAUTS begins with a third-person account of the arrival of the mysterious Dr. Moses Nebogipfel to the peaceful Welsh town of Llyddwdd. The rural folk of the area grow to fear Nebogipfel and eventually storm the inventor's "devilish" workshop in an effort to stop the supposed witchcraft. Nebogipfel escapes with one other personthe sympathetic Reverend Elijah Ulysses Cookin a mysterious machine.

The remainder of the story is the Reverend's short retelling of the events that took place that night and afterwards, and the reverend's revelations of the nature of Dr. Nebogipfel.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific 19th- and 20th century science fiction writer. Together with French author Jules Verne, Wells has been called "The Father of Science Fiction." Among his more noteworthy books are THE TIME MACHINE, THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, and THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON.

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