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James Gleick's story begins at the turn of the 20th century, with the young H. G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book, an international sensation: The Time Machine. A host of forces were converging to transmute the human understanding of time, some philosophical and some technological - the electric telegraph, the steam railroad, the discovery of buried civilizations, and the perfection of clocks.

Evermore Poe is the historical account of the tumultuous teen years of Edgar Allan Poe. This dark coming of age story explores the ramifications of Poe's early dysfunctional family life, his early dreams of fame, forbidden love for a married woman and his alleged entry into substance abuse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.