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The Chronic Argonauts

H. G. Wells

First published 1961
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

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First published in the April, May, and June 1888 issues of The Science Schools Journal. (Two parts starting April have also been reported.)

Parts of the story were incorporated in 1895 novel The Time Machine and the story is reprinted in several editions of the novel.

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Publications (19)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1961 The Early H. G. Wells University of Toronto Press Nonfiction
1961 The Early H. G. Wells Manchester University Press Nonfiction
June 1966 Strange Signposts Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 83
1973 Speculations Glencoe Press Anthology
1974 The Magic Valley Travellers: Welsh Stories of Fantasy and Horror Taplinger Anthology 120
March 1974 The Magic Valley Travellers: Welsh Stories of Fantasy and Horror Gollancz Anthology 120
November 1976 Visions of Tomorrow Pocket Books Anthology 3
September 1987 The Definitive Time Machine: A Critical Edition of H.G. Wells's Scientific Romance Indiana University Press Collection |3
September 1987 The Definitive Time Machine: A Critical Edition of H.G. Wells's Scientific Romance Indiana University Press Collection |3
December 2000 Welsh Fantasy Stories Gwasg Carreg Gwalch Anthology 126
2009 The Time Machine: An Invention: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism W. W. Norton & Company Collection 75
February 2011 The Book of Time Ramble House Anthology
February 2011 The Book of Time Ramble House Anthology 105
September 2012 The Chronic Argonauts: A Precursor to The Time Machine A Wells Book / Wildside Press Chapbook
September 2012 The Chronic Argonauts: A Precursor to The Time Machine Wildside Press Chapbook
January 2017 The Time Machine & Other Works Wordsworth Editions Omnibus 309
February 2024 The Chronic Argonauts Roy Glashan's Library Chapbook
October 2025 The Classic Science Fiction Collection Arcturus Publishing Anthology 57
November 2025 The Classic Science Fiction Collection Sirius Anthology 57