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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: The Time Machine

Past Present Future

CHAPTER

The Dystopian Future of the Eloi

In this chapter, a time traveler arrives in an 800,000-year future and encounters the Eloi, small, amiable beings in a surreal, transformed Wimbledon. The narrative delves into themes of evolutionary stagnation and the paradox of comfort, questioning how the lack of challenges affects human progress.

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