Aikakone

Name: Aikakone
Author: H. G. Wells

By H. G. Wells

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A narrator relates how an individual constructs a machine that moves through the temporal dimension, enabling a journey far into the future. The traveler explores progressively distant eras, encountering a bifurcated humanity: delicate, surface-dwelling descendants who live in leisure and subterranean, nocturnal descendants who maintain industrial dominance, revealing a parasitic social reversal. Later vistas show Earth's slow decay, strange fauna, and an indifferent cosmos. The account blends speculative mechanics of time, vivid future scenes, and reflections on social evolution, technological hubris, and mortality, and concludes with the traveler's partial return and a final unresolved departure.

About the Author

H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer and social commentator, renowned for his contributions to science fiction and social criticism. Often referred to as the 'father of science fiction,' Wells explored themes of technology, society, and human nature in his works. His notable titles include "The War of the Worlds," which depicts an alien invasion, and "The Time Machine," a pioneering narrative that delves into time travel. In addition to fiction, Wells wrote extensively on contemporary issues, as seen in works like "An Englishman Looks at the World." His literary legacy continues to influence writers and thinkers, making him a significant figure in both literature and social thought.