The Time Machine is a science fiction novel by H.
Wells, published in 1895.
Wells is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively.
The term time machine, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle.
This work is an early example of the Dying Earth subgenre.
The portion of the novel that sees the Time Traveller in a distant future where the sun is huge and .