{"id":869,"date":"2025-05-19T18:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/?p=869"},"modified":"2025-05-20T20:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:04:08","slug":"the-time-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/the-time-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Time Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Title<\/td><td>The Time Machine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Author<\/td><td>H.G. Wells<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Series<\/td><td>NA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ranking<\/td><td>\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Genre<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/tag\/scifi\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"469\">SciFi<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Links<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/216364456-the-time-machine?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=sAPKU6LnL3&amp;rank=4\">Goodreads<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So begins the Time Traveller\u2019s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era\u2014and the story that launched H.G. Wells\u2019s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes&#8230;and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine\u2019s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth.\u00a0 There he discovers two bizarre races\u2014the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks\u2014who not only symbolize the duality of human nature, but offer a terrifying portrait of the men of tomorrow as well.\u00a0 Published in 1895, this masterpiece of invention captivated readers on the threshold of a new century. Thanks to Wells\u2019s expert storytelling and provocative insight, <strong>The Time Machine<\/strong> will continue to enthrall readers for generations to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/machine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-423\" style=\"width:363px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/machine.jpg 474w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/machine-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title The Time Machine Author H.G. Wells Series NA Ranking \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50 Genre SciFi Links Goodreads So begins the Time Traveller\u2019s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era\u2014and the story that launched H.G. Wells\u2019s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[465],"tags":[469],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-scifi"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}