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The Time Traveller, a dreamer obsessed with traveling through time, builds himself a time machine and, much to his surprise, travels over 800,000 years into the future. He lands in the year 802701: the world has been transformed by a society living in apparent harmony and bliss, but as the Traveler stays in the future he discovers a hidden barbaric and depraved subterranean class. Wellss transparent commentary on the capitalist society was an instant bestseller and launched the time-travel genre. The Time Machineinspired the international bestsellerThe Map of TimebyFÉlix J. Palma. As a gift to our readers, we are including the first three chapters ofThe Map of Timein this ebook edition.
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Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco
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- Released
- 1990
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- Title
- Foucault's Pendulum
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Umberto Eco
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Released
- 1990
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 533
- ISBN10
- 0345369521
- ISBN13
- 9780345369529
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Conspiracy, Templars, Philosophical Fiction
- First published
- 1988
- Original title
- Il pendolo di Foucault
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- The Time Traveller, a dreamer obsessed with traveling through time, builds himself a time machine and, much to his surprise, travels over 800,000 years into the future. He lands in the year 802701: the world has been transformed by a society living in apparent harmony and bliss, but as the Traveler stays in the future he discovers a hidden barbaric and depraved subterranean class. Wellss transparent commentary on the capitalist society was an instant bestseller and launched the time-travel genre. The Time Machineinspired the international bestsellerThe Map of TimebyFÉlix J. Palma. As a gift to our readers, we are including the first three chapters ofThe Map of Timein this ebook edition.