Illustrated Classic Editions for Children #4530

The Time Machine

by Shirley Bogart and Brendan Lynch

Release: 1983
Format: Novelette
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Children
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

If you are a misguided completest, you may find yourself drawn to reading the new Chapter 13 in Bogart’s adaptation in which the Traveller finds himself in an authoritarian 22nd century populated by 1950s cape-wearing, B-movie characters. Do so if you must, but try to resist the urge to read any of the rest of Bogart’s adaptation for pre-teens, and whatever else you do, don’t let the book fall into the hands of your eight-to-twelve-year-old.

The first edition was released in 1983, possibly in multiple formats, although I’ve never spotted what I believe was the first edition published by Waldman Publishing in 1983; multiple editions, including a Chinese translation, have appeared since.

A figure in a silver cape and tights, with gloves to match, was saying, “That’s enough Apathy-Gas, Kolar. There’s only one passenger.’

DEBUT

“The Time Machine” (Moby Books, 1983).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

PRIOR WORKS: adapted for children from The Time Machine[/em] by [ex]H. G. Wells

TAGS: We haven’t yet tagged this work.

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY: We haven’t yet mapped out the time travel itinerary.

INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)

Release—Moby Books appears to be the imprint, based on its appearance on the spine and its designation as a trademark on the title page of a copy in an ebay listing. Playmore Inc., Publishers appears to be the distributor, based on <a href='https%3A%2F%2Flaw.justia.com%2Fcases%2Ffederal%2Fappellate-courts%2FF3%2F43%2F775%2F553144%2F'>a Federal court lawsuit[/urlx. And Waldman Publishing Corp. appears to be the publishing house, based on that same lawsuit, which states “Waldman publishes a line of children’s books. Playmore sells and distributes the books for Waldman. The books are adaptations of literary works that are in the public domain, including Oliver Twist, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, The Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty, Black Beauty, The Swiss Family Robinson, and David Copperfield. The Waldman books are abbreviated versions of the classics. They are written in simplified language and have illustrations on every other page in order to make them more appealing to young children. 
In creating this series, Waldman contracted with writers to adapt the text of the classics and with artists to create the illustrations. The writers and artists are credited in the front of each book. Each book also contains a copyright notice on behalf of Playmore and Waldman for the cover, and on behalf of Waldman for the text.” We also saw the copyright listed as Waldman Publishing Corp. in a listing for the 1983 edition. 
 
Our policy is to use the imprint (Moby Books in this case) as the publisher in our citation. The 1983 date is the earliest we have seen on Abebooks, Goodreads, and similar sites. The number 4530 is also from these editions. 
 
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