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Fantastic Fiction: Early Science Fiction Meets Proto-Steampunk: The Time Machine: In many ways, the Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow blog is a time machine, taking us back into the history of the genre and showing how that past is connected to the present and future. In 1960, a movie adaptation of H.G. Wells’ 1895 novel The Time Machine brought the story out of the past and into the… (#GeorgePal #HGWells #TheTimeMachine)

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Fantastic Fiction: Early Science Fiction Meets Proto-Steampunk: The Time Machine

In many ways, the Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow blog is a time machine, taking us back into the history of the genre and showing how that past is connected to the present and future. In 1960, a movie adaptation of H.G. Wells' 1895 novel The Time Machine brought the story out of the past and into the present of that decade with aesthetics that looked both back to the Victorian era and forward to the turn of the millennium.

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Dec 6, 2024 at 4:00pmWeb
Show threadPatrickDec 7, 2024
@SeattleWorldcon2025 i saw this movie as a kid in the early 60s. At the time, and still, the best part of the movie was the small table top size model of the time machine that was sent into the future. The original model was obviously collectible, and was kept in a safe. Safe was located in one of the World Trade Center buildings, and the original model was destroyed on 9/11. There are many places where you can buy models of various quality on the web. https://granitecitymechanician.com
Granite City Mechanician | Scale Model of 'The Time Machine'

From Granite City Mechanician, a museum quality scale replica of the Time Machine conceptualised by H.G. Wells and envisioned by George Pal.

Granite City Mechanician
Show threadPatrickDec 7, 2024
@SeattleWorldcon2025 this is a copy of the original model which was lost in the 9/11 attack. When I was 9 y/o the beautiful model used in the 1960 movie was far more interesting than the promiscuous activities of future humans. And to be honest, it is again more interesting. I was actually sad when I found out the original model was lost in the World Trade Center attack. A little research shows that a number of priceless art works were destroyed on 9/11. (And ~3000 beautiful people.)