The Time Machine is a science fiction novel by H.G. Wells, published in 1895. Wells is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposely and selectively forwards or backwards in time. The term 'time machine', coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle (Also see 'the anacronopete'). The Time Machine has since been adapted into three feature films of the same name, as well as two