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.