The Time Ships

Stephen Baxter

Jul 2014 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

The highly-acclaimed sequel to H G Wells’s THE TIME MACHINE, from the heir to Arthur C. Clarke.

Written to celebrate the centenary of the publication of H G Wells’s classic story The Time Machine, Stephen Baxter’s stunning sequel is an outstanding work of imaginative fiction.

The Time Traveller has abandoned his charming and helpless Eloi friend Weena to the cannibal appetites of the Morlocks, the devolved race of future humans from whom he was forced to flee. He promptly embarks on a second journey to the year AD 802,701, pledged to rescue Weena. He never arrives! The future was changed by his presence... and will be changed again. Hurled towards infinity, the Traveller must resolve the paradoxes building around him in a dazzling temporal journey of discovery. He must achieve the impossible if Weena is to be saved.

Ratings and reviews

Great time travel experience,almost too much to absorb,the characters especially the Morlocks extremely engaging.Gteat read.

Sometimes imaginative, sometimes a bit boring. Action often given over to philosophical soliloquy.

Extremely fun read, what an adventure! Lots of complicated paradoxical, unfathomable conversation, but superb action and story telling. 5 stars!

About the author

Stephen Baxter applied to become an astronaut in 1991. He didn’t make it, but achieved the next best thing by becoming a science fiction writer, and his novels and short stories have been published and have won awards around the world. His science background is in maths and engineering. He is married and lives in Northumberland.