The Time MachineStephen Baxter contributes an introductiontoone of the cornerstones of science-fiction literature At first, the far future looks like an enchanting place to the Time Traveler. The graceful Eloi appear to embody contentment, beauty, and peace, and the Eden they live in seems to be free ofsuffering. But he soon comes tounderstand thatthe Eloi are fragile creatures, desperately afraid of the dark, and with good reason for the Morlocks live in the dark, and the Morlocks are to be feared. And when his time machine goes missing, the Traveler must venture into their subterranean world to find his way back to his own era." |
