“And who was H. G. Wells?” “He was a freethinker and a socialist. But above all, he was a great novelist. Have you heard of The Invisible Man?” “Yes.” “Well, he wrote that novel. And The War of the Worlds, in which he talks about Martians landing on Earth. And The Island of Doctor Moreau, with that mad scientist who combines human and animal genes. Dr. Mengele would like him. But I think his best book is The Time Machine. To go back and forth in time…” He sounds pensive as he continues. “Can you picture it? Do you have any idea what it would mean to get inside that machine, fly back in time to
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I read and have the book The Time Machine
