The Space Machine |
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Earthlight, 1999. ISBN 0 671 03389 1 [paperback £6.99; pp.363]. First published in hardcover by Faber. This edition is a joint publication with A Dream of Wessex (as 'Omnibus 1'). Also available in translation. |
What they say |
"Thoroughly entertaining ... It is now clear that Mr Priest is not going to trot round and round the same old orbit, but is a versatile, autonomous writer from whom we can expect nothing expectable." - Ursula Le Guin, TLS. |
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| Written as a tribute to H.G. Wells, The Space Machine conflates images from two of his greatest novels into a story that reveals something of Wells's own world. A young Victorian couple accidentally operate a time-space machine, and are flung not only into the future but also across the void of space. To return to their own time they have first to undergo great changes. | |
