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In a sequel to this novella, Kurt Gödel fights Nazis by constructing giant spheres to protect British cities. That Stepen Baxter sequel to this novella reveals that the previously anonymous protagonist is named Moses and travels (-5[1])with Nebogipful. A girl in this novella is taken to the “Palace of Green Porcelain,” (15[1])which turns out (15[1])to be (15[2])a museum, and is later lost in a forest fire. Earlier, that girl in this novella was rescued from (*) drowning in shallow water while her community ignores her. In this novella, giant crabs chase butterflies across a red beach. A girl in this novel named Weena belongs to a childlike (10[1])group that fears the dark. For 10 points, name this novella in which an inventor meets Eloi and Morlocks using the title device, written by H.G. Wells. ■END■

ANSWER: The Time Machine (Baxter’s The Time Ships and was written to honor the 100th anniversary of its publication. The story in the second line is The Chronic Argonauts)
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