{"type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "authors": [{"key": "/authors/OL13066A"}], "description": "<p><i>The Time Machine</i> is the novel that gave us the concept of\u2014and even the word for\u2014a \u201ctime machine.\u201d While it\u2019s not <a href=\"https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/h-g-wells\">Wells\u2019</a> first story involving time travel, it <em>is</em> the one that most fully fleshes out the concept of a device that can send a person backwards and forwards in time with complete precision. Time machines have since become a staple of the science fiction and fantasy genres, making <i>The Time Machine</i> one of the most deeply influential science fiction novels of the era.</p>", "identifiers": {"standard_ebooks": ["h-g-wells/the-time-machine"], "alibris_id": ["B0716CVNQ6"]}, "languages": [{"key": "/languages/eng"}], "publish_date": "2014", "publishers": ["Standard Ebooks"], "source_records": ["standard_ebooks:h-g-wells/the-time-machine"], "subjects": ["Time travel--Fiction"], "title": "The Time Machine", "full_title": "The Time Machine", "covers": [15143630, 12621679], "works": [{"key": "/works/OL52267W"}], "key": "/books/OL37044446M", "number_of_pages": 84, "latest_revision": 7, "revision": 7, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2022-02-08T23:46:20.954882"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-05-01T05:32:57.243065"}}