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Title: Alien Voices Presents H.G. Wells' the Time Machine (Alien Voices) by Leonard Nimoy, John De Lancie, H. G. Wells, John de Lancie ISBN: 0-671-57554-6 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Pub. Date: April, 1997 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (177 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A very good science fiction novel. READ THE BOOK FIRST
Comment: H.G. Wells properly deserves the title of the founder of science fiction. His novels are disciplined, very well-written, and devoid of the open ends and sheer fantasy that plague so much of this genre. (See the commentary to my review of War of the Worlds.) The present work deals with Wells's view of the far future. Only a fleeting, rather optimistic, view of the near future is offered in the second chapter.
Well's nameless time traveler ventures to the warmer world of 802,701 A.D. and finds man divided into two camps, the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi are a gentle, winsome, idle race, who are served by, (and to), the Morlocks, a subterranean group of more barbaric beings who use the Eloi for food. The Morlocks only come up at night, of course. Many people feel that Wells based this division on the growing disparity between the working class and the English aristocracy. This viewpoint is easily understood.
The two latest movies based on this novel destroy both its essence and its meaning, in my view. The movies' intellectual content is zero, whereas the book exhibits Wells's genuine concern over future evolution based on present sociological trends. The book is extremely interesting, and displays the wide range of intellectual gifts enjoyed by this eminent novelist and writer.
Perhaps the most fascinating part of the book is the further travels into time, after 802,701 A.D. In the unexpunged version, the time traveler goes into a period where the sun has faded to an orangeish color, and the world is dominated by 30-foot-long insects who prey on the rabbit-sized animal descendants of man. Even more fascinating is Wells' vision of the dimly distant future when the sun has expanded and faded to a reddish hull filling half the sky. The only living thing seen on Earth at that point is a crab-like creature foundering on a cold ocean shore. Wells's phraseology captures this forlorn event better than any movie ever could.
The time traveler then returns with only a faded mallow, and a bruise, to show for his troubles. He informs Wells' narrator that he will travel again, but he then disappears, never to return.
Wells accurately envisioned then-unkown developments in astronomy, biology, global warming, and physics with startling accuracy, even though his time calculations are amiss. Even today, his ability to create things out of his imagination that have since come to pass is unmatched.
The book is entertaining, thought-provoking, and marvelously written; a true gem. I recommend it to one and all, very highly.
Rating: 4
Summary: A 7th Grade Review
Comment: In "The Time Machine" by:H.G. Wells,
a respected scientist invents a time machine. He demonstrates a model to several people and insists that traveling through time is possible. Also, he claims, that once he completes his machine, he will attempt to do so. When they meet again at his house, they find a note saying that if he's not there by 8:00 to start eating the food on the table. At about 8:30, they hear someone coming down the stairs who turns out to be, as they call him, the Time Traveller. What worries them is that he's walking with a limp and his clothes are in rags. He insists on eating before he tells them his story, which I won't tell you about.
I would recommend this book to people 12 and up. It's quite complicated and at times can be tough to understand. It's also very graphic about his revenge on the Morlocks, which are intelligent, sub-terranian creatures that come out at night.
I rate this book with four stars. I give it this rating because it takes forever to get to the point and isn't very descriptive about the way things look. I can hardly get a picture in my mind of what his time machine looked like.
I give "The Time Machine" By:H.G. Wells 4 stars
Rating: 5
Summary: No 1 book of all times
Comment: Simply superb. From start to end. And the last paragraph of the book is really heart-breaking I must say.
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Title: The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells ISBN: 0812505158 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne ISBN: 0812550927 Publisher: Tor Classics Pub. Date: 15 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne ISBN: 0140022651 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1965 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells ISBN: 0486270718 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 05 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $2.00 |
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Title: The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells ISBN: 0553214322 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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