Wells touches gently on time travel as a notion, but mostly The Time Machine is about the terminal future he sees for mankind: His nameless time traveler ventures to the world that will be 802, 701 A. D., And there he finds mankind divided among the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi are a gentle, winsome, idle race, who do not labor; the Morlocks, in contrast, are a barbaric race - who use the Eloi for food. It's a grim vision, and a gripping one. There's a reason that The Time Machine has become a classic. | The Time Machine by H. G. Wells Fiction Classics by H G Wells, Paperback | Indigo Chapters