The Time Machine rocketed Time Traveller into the future. The year is 802,701. He finds himself in a paradisiacal world of small humanoid creatures called Eloi and the cannibalistic Morlocks and the world beyond that in which all semblance of human life has been erased. The novel's appeal lies in its attempt to fathom what will become of human beings in the distant future. By making the central character of his story a time traveller who can transport himself back and forth in time with the aid of a machine he invented, the author is able to explore many of the themes that obsessed him, including class inequality, evolution, and the relationship between science and society. The Time Machine is a brilliantly crafted novel, is undoubtedly a fantasy of the future. The enduring popularity of the novel is evident in the three films adapted from the novel and the scores of others inspired by it.