num_pages: 363
description: In this diverting adventure thriller set in Victorian England, Christopher Priest has written an action-packed tour-de-force that takes H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds and enlarges it into a whole new dimension. Edward Turnbull, a young traveling salesman and his attractive ladyfriend, Amelia, are transported to a place of violence and perpetual war—a world they soon learn is the planet Mars. The two earthlings have a series of adventures and narrow escapes until they manage to become passengers on a space ship headed back to Earth. But their joy is short lived as they discover they have accidentally become part of a Martian invasion. The Space Machine is science fiction reading at its best. From the book cover flap.
language: English
title: The Space Machine: A Scientific Romance
titlecomplete: The Space Machine: A Scientific Romance
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Aliens, Time Travel, Alternate History, Fantasy, Victorian, Steampunk
ratings_count: 667
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Ditmar Award
publisher: Harper & Row Publishers