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GA Russell · 10-22-2010, 02:16 AM

I nominate The Time Machine by HG Wells.

I believe that this was the first English language science fiction novel, and it still holds up today. It created a genre of fiction - time travelling. Written in the 1890s, it deals with issues such as class warfare that in the author's view are timeless. Yet it is an exciting adventure story more than a political tract.

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10-22-2010, 02:16 AM	#5
GA Russell Ticats win 4th straight Posts: 7,694 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	I nominate The Time Machine by HG Wells. I believe that this was the first English language science fiction novel, and it still holds up today. It created a genre of fiction - time travelling. Written in the 1890s, it deals with issues such as class warfare that in the author's view are timeless. Yet it is an exciting adventure story more than a political tract. This is available from the free MobileRead library.