So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pursuing pleasure and comfort and beauty, and below ground the Have-nots, the Workers getting continually adapted to the conditions of their labour. The Time Machine was H.G. Well´s debut novel - an astonishing dystopian tale which earnt Wells´ his reputation as the ´father of science-fiction´. When the Time Traveller travels to the year 802,701 AD, he finds a world drastically divided. Two races have descended from humans - the elven Eloi who live a peaceful but empty existence, and the mysterious subterranean Morlocks who are deeply feared by the Eloi. After losing his time machine, the traveller must journey through a network of Morlock tunnels to recover his device and return to his own world. But not all is as it seems... The Time Machine is brought to you here alongside a selection of Wells´ fantastic short stories, including classics such as ´The Country of the Blind´ and ´The Door in the Wall´ and ´The Stolen Bacillus´. These stories offer both magnificent adventures and poignant explorations of ethics in the face of scientific progress...