Remastered Classics for Instant Download

At Ink & Time we believe in printed books. We believe it’s a good strategy to have more books on hand than you can read immediately: books on shelves, books piled around the house, books waiting to catch your eye and inspire you.

We also believe those books should be beautifully produced. It’s why we work to find, remaster and re-release the best forgotten classics that speak to life in 2026.

But, we know many readers are digital-first. Such is life. For this reason, and because beehiiv recently added digital products, we’re pleased to offer Time Warp Editions that you can buy and download and read directly on your e-reader. The editions below are available in hard copy and paperback on Amazon, and will be distributed elsewhere soon.

Because we welcomed over a hundred new subscribers in the past month, we’re also including selected deep dives and some free chapters for your reading enjoyment.

We translated this little-known book from the French, made it more readable, and re-formatted over 100 original sketches. It’s a contemporary retro-futurist graphic novel with satirical bite.

If you appreciate raw but playful humor, skewering the dangers of politics, policies and human-technology interactions, you’ll love the illustrated drama in The Electric Life. In the episode below, a negotiation between a leading industrialist and an obtuse politician goes horribly wrong. It’s not hard to extrapolate the clownish parallels today.

George Orwell called it, “a very remarkable prophecy on the rise of fascism.”

Leon Trotsky said, “Whatever may be the single ‘errors’ of the novel, we cannot help inclining before the powerful intuition of the revolutionary artist.”

A year ago, we had never heard of Jack London’s political thriller penned in 1908. Today it provides rare insight into the dangerous dynamics unfolding in America, a key value of which is that it sits outside the current politicized media narratives and helps readers understand how economic privilege quietly morphs into abuse.

If you’re brave enough to dive in and understand current data points on book bans, plutocratic influence, and manipulation of media, check out the post below, which draws upon the extended introduction from the new edition of The Iron Heel.

You’ll see plenty of Oblomovs around today, especially if you follow the growing trend of Techno-Feudalism. But well beyond the titans of technology, the phenomenon of purposeless work is showing up as quiet quitting and professional disengagement. Despite being a relevant social commentary for 2026, Goncharov’s masterpiece is also one of the most beautifully-written explorations of the interiority of a character you will read. We republished it but did not alter a word.

Overwhelmed by the menacing trends int he world? For something lighter, read one of our favorite passages from the book to see how Mr. Oblomov reacts to the early stirrings of his love interest, and the recognition that she just might be too ambitious for him…

Buy this one and send it to your friends who work in tech. It should be required reading.

No spoilers, but the circumstances surrounding how the rogue robot becomes sentient through the introduction of pain is a little known plot twist that now seems very poignant as companies prepare to deploy legions of humanoids with sensors to collect data from the real world.

Since robots are so much in the news, last September we profiled 15 classic books to signpost where we’ve come from, and where it all might be headed, through the lens of visionary works of fiction. You’ll discover many classics below that you’ve likely never heard of, but predate our current fascination with automatons.

Lafcadio Hearn, also known as Koizumi Yakumo, is experiencing something of a revival in Japan. In this collection of short stories, he captures a rich moment of social transformation during the late 1880’s. He gives us a rare visceral experience of tradition, daily life and the inner lives of Japanese people, seen through the eyes of a foreigner who went all in and became integrated.

Below you can read the first short story in the collection, a moving true story, allegedly, of a humble farmer who saved his community at great personal cost that resulted in him being revered as a living deity.

Expect to see more about Metropolis this year. But, sadly most of the available English translations of the original novel are still awful, hardly changed from 1925, and hardly worth reading.

We released a completely new, fresh and fast-paced translation catering to modern readers. It was an AI-human collaboration, because the old clunky robot needed an upgrade.

Metropolis is a creepy portrayal of the twisted social dynamics we’re now living through, but are mostly too distracted to notice. There’s a synthetic being who seduces the masses and a revolutionary love story forcing the redemption of the city’s master, and the city itself. You’ll never look at your city the same again.

Ink & Time continues to find, feature and unpack forgotten or overlooked books that we think can give you unique insight into the times we’re living in.

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