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An inventor tells his dinner guests where, or rather when, he has been. The book that named the idea. Type the whole of H. G. Wells’s book, chapter by chapter, free in your browser.
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The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. The fire burned brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.Click to start typing
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How typing a book works
- Open The Time Machine and start chapter 1, or choose any chapter. The text is the real book, a paragraph at a time.
- Type it as it is written: capitals, punctuation and all. Mistakes show in red, and the next word waits until you fix them.
- Every word earns coins for crates of collectable cards, and each finished chapter pays a bonus and arcade tickets.
- Stop whenever you like. Your place is kept to the paragraph, so you can read a little every day.
- Finish the book to earn its own title, “Time Traveller”, and a cover banner for your profile.
Chapters
- 1Chapter 13,040 words
- 2Chapter 22,021 words
- 3Chapter 32,119 words
- 4Chapter 43,883 words
- 5Chapter 56,544 words
- 6Chapter 62,171 words
- 7Chapter 72,541 words
- 8Chapter 82,461 words
- 9Chapter 92,645 words
- 10Chapter 101,076 words
- 11Chapter 111,920 words
- 12Chapter 122,178 words
Questions
Is this the whole of The Time Machine?
Yes. It is the complete text of H. G. Wells’s 1895 book, which is in the public domain, split into its 12 chapters. Only the quotation marks and dashes are tidied so they are easy to type.
How long does it take to type The Time Machine?
32,599 words takes about 14 hours at 40 words per minute, or 7.8 hours at 70. You can stop whenever you like: your place is saved, down to the paragraph.
Is it free?
Yes. You can start straight away as a guest. Sign in with Discord or Google if you want your place saved in the cloud and on every device.
Does it help my typing?
Real prose has capitals, punctuation and long words that word lists leave out, so typing a book is good practice for typing real things. The game tracks your speed and accuracy as you go.
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