The Time Machine (Penguin Classics)
by H.G. Wells
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Author: H.G. WellsBrand: Penguin Group USA
Editor: Steve McLean
Editor: Patrick Parrinder
Introduction: Marina Warner
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05-31
ISBN: 0141439971
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: "A horror of this great darkness came upon me..."
Summary: 5 Stars
The first of HG Wells classic sceince fiction novels, The Time Machine begins with the return of the time traveler from the future who tells his tale of the humanity's ultimate fate. Having built his machine the scientist adventures into the beyond and finds what has become of man; a divided race living amongst the ruins of (presumably) the capitalists empire. Enslaved for a time in the year 802,701 the traveler sees the nature of the utopian society and the neandrethal creatures not burdened with progress but perfection. Ultimately, the traveler escapes his imprisonment and ventures into the dark abyss where the world has aged beyond recognition. He returns to find an unconvinced audience and decidely ventures again into the unbelievable future, never to return.
One of HG Wells most enduring novels it has the characteristics which would combine to define science fiction. Origenal and thought provoking it is perhaps the shortest novel that nevertheless retains the substance and power of most 300 paged novels. However, like all of his novels the revolutionary ideas and not the litary magnifisence of the text makes this one of the premere science fiction tales of all time. I recommend reading this piece of literature if you are in high school or above so as to truly apreciate and understand the brillance of the Time Machine.
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