The Time Machine

Published in 1895, this is considered a groundbreaking classic. The time machine - part of the appeal of this is that it doesn't propose the science, it just concentrates on the outcome! It does give a tidy description of the 4 dimensions at the beginning. There is also a lot of speculation on what has occurred between present time and the year 802,701, where the story is set for the most part.

I also enjoyed the ending, and thought that fitting - although I won't spoil it here.

The writing is overly wordy, and with clunky prose - as you might expect from a late 19th Century novel, and some of the speculation is easily skimmed over, but in principle this is a significant book which influenced the genre of time travel.

A solid 3 old fashioned stars.