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Tonight, I'll be reading the snoozy beginning to the time machine by H.G. Wells.

Published in 1895, Wells Paints by H.G. Wells. Wells paints a vision of the distant future in his first novel.

Considered to be one of science fiction's most important authors,

Wells contributed to the genre with many notable works, the

island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the World.

In his non-fiction futurologist works, Wells predicted the advent of airplanes, space travel, and even

Wikipedia, although he called it permanent world encyclopedia. The term itself, time machine, was coined by Wells, and is

now universally used to refer to any such vehicle. Let's get cozy.

get cozy.

close your eyes. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

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