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TIL about "The Time Ships" a 1995 sci-fi novel by Stephen Baxter. It's a canonical sequel to H.G. Wells 1895 "The Time Machine" which was authorized by H.G. Wells estate to mark the anniversary of the original, making it one of the longest wait times between the original and the sequel ever.

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