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- The Best Books About Time TravelReading list
H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine is a science fiction classic that has been thrilling readers for more than a century. The story follows the time traveller as he journeyed into the future and observed the world that was to come. Although the time machine itself was a work of fiction, Wells used it as a tool to explore…
- Elizabeth Hutchison BernardInterview
A number of the classics. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells is one. Why did I re-read it? The protagonist in my historical thriller The Beauty Doctor mentions it in conversation early in the story, and I had to find out why. That sounds strange, I know, but sometimes I write that way—with the characters themselves…
- Lewis GordonInterview
- Ramsey CampbellInterview
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (along with The Lost World, one of my first loves, and I often reread both). I’d want to be able to send the machine on additional voyages – for instance, to the preview of the uncut film of The Magnificent Ambersons.
- Peter WorleyInterview
Science fiction. This is the genre where a lot of philosophical ideas get ‘tested out’. It is the genre where, as P.K. Dick has pointed out, the chief protagonist is the idea. And it often has a tinge of horror, just enough to send a shiver through your mind. Some favourites of mine: The Last Question by Isaac Asimov…
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