H.G.Wells was responsible for our first iconic “time machine” – he even coined the phrase – basically a high-tech chair rigged with a dial and a level. Though time travel had been talked about before, Wells’ book certainly romanticized the idea. Since, we’ve seen it again and again: Time jumpers altering their pasts, spinning off [...]
Time travel is a perennial favorite trope of science fiction and has been ever since I went back to the 1890s and mentioned the idea to H.G. Wells.
