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    I. Introduction: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, a novel about a mans journey through the future or criticism to the evolution of human race? The time traveller sets out on this journey not knowing what he would find or see in the year 802,701. When he arrives he comes across people known as the Eloi. The Elois are uneducated, small beautiful creature who don’t work or have any political issues. What seems at first like a utopian society that he heard of in the 19th century turns out to be quite

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    completely inevitable to switch through dimensions with such simplicity. I mean, unless you’re in an episode of Doctor Who or Phil of the Future, then I guess you could say anything is possible. As kids, we often think about getting in a time machine and flying through time, like endng up in the year 3000 or even way back in the dinosaur era. The whole aspect of it really seems fun when you expect everything to go your way. Unless, of course, you’re me, Camryn Matthews. On that bright Saturday afternoon

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    easily wipe out a city with one single button. Similarly, the novel Level 7, by Mordecai Roshwald, gives a great realistic outlook of what would happen if the government were to use a nuclear bomb to wipe out their enemies. Other novels such as The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells indicate the negative viewpoint, not only with death but what the future of technology will hold for the human race. Technology will eventually become so powerful that humans will no longer be able to control it causing their

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    was because I was cold, or if it was because I was nervous for what I was about to do. All my training was leading to this moment. This was my first assignment as a timeshifter. I was part of a program that travels through time to shift it and make the outcome better. My job was to go back in time when Columbus set sail to discover America. I would have to gain the trust of the Indians. Before he arrived. That way I would be able to unite the two of them and prevent that massive death

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    television program produced by BBC. This program depicts the adventures of The Doctor, a humanoid alien. The Doctor is a Time Lord. Time Lord is a rank in the Gallifreyan (Doctor’s home planet) military. Gallifreyans who have achieved this rank are equipped with a Tardis, which stands for “time and relative dimension in space”. A Tardis is a like a time machine. It can travel through all of time and space and has the ability to change its outer image in order to blend in with its surroundings. The Doctor’s

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    between their writings, the similarities between H.G. Wells and P.K. Dick are numerous and include the fact that both authors were far ahead of their time, had aspirations regarding the universe and a future electronic era to come, had a theme revolving around a distant planet, and challenged humanity. Both science fiction authors were beyond their time. Wells had the capability of “lifting up our fathers’ hearts with hopes, exciting them with the feeling that a new world was at the point of being born

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    In the book “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells, the main character known as the Time Traveler travels through time and lands him in the year of 802,701 A.D and meets two groups of creatures known as the Eloi and Morlock. The Time Traveler was a scientist and discussed several theories about the future world and its creatures in an attempt to figure out what had gone wrong to push mankind back so far. Many of the Time Traveler theories point the finger of blame in the direction of the society and he

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    decided to pursue his dream and my dream of technology and science and this is why I am an engineer. Seeing his gravestone is so overwhelming, every time I see it tears threatens to drop. He passed away when I was 12 after being murdered by someone who has been unidentified yet. The year was 2056 and my team and I were working on a train model that time travels. This concept took decades to perfect, and that week, we were finally trying it out. While working on some last-minute tweaks on the train, my

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    tree falls upon it for good measure. In the story, Eckels pays a whopping ten thousand dollars to shoot a T. Rex in 60 million years in the past. He is given a safari guide, and they set off to the Jurassic. While they are getting there through the time machine, Travis, the safari guide, tells Eckels about all the rules and precautions, so they don’t change the past. When they finally arrive, there is a metal path laid out in front of them, six inches above the ground, so they don’t contaminate the

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    dominant creatures in a world of many species. They want as much power as they can possibly get and never want less. As a result, mankind has typically destroyed themselves rather than being destroyed by natural occurrences. This is the dilemma in “The Time Machine”, by H.G. Wells. In this story, Humans have not necessarily destroyed themselves, but it does appear that the beings are back to living in a primitive state of life. Yet, the whole idea of what the future should be by modern standards is off

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