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Summary: Not as good as the movie
Review: This is one of the few cases where a movie based on a book is actually better than the book.The movie, although dated by today's standards, brings the machine's inventor to life and lets us see that he has true concern for the welfare of people in general, and the welfare of future generations in particular. His relationships with the Eloi of the future are far better displayed in the movie. The book's writing style is stilted and at times much more difficult to follow that it needs to be. It is a wonderful story, but the writing often obscures the story.
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Summary: I wouldn't want to live in the future Wells predicts.
Review: I had to read this book for a report at school. I mainly got it for its length (it was the shortest one on the list), but i enjoyed it after i got finished reading it. This book didn't put me to sleep, but it was not one of the best one's i've read either. It was cool how Wells predicted the future, but I wouldn't want to live there. Other than that, it was an ok book
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Summary: not truely original
Review: I don't mean to badmouth H.G. Wells; he was a talented, intelligent man. His work The Time Machine is thought to be orininal by most people. However, after some research, I realized that this novel is not as original as one thinks. Many aspects of this novel were already used, if not trite. Several scenes were similar from previously published novels; even some of the topics he discussed (evolution, time travel, class structure) were intertwined in earlier novels as they were in The Time Machine. It was, for the most part, enojoyable, but it certainly was not completely original. This really has nothing to do with the quality of the work in itself; out of the three novels I've read by Wells, this is the best one. Besides the fact of its triteness, the novel was well written and deserves to be a classic. I don't know if anyone reading this knows of H.G. Wells thoughts about sex and such, but for some reason, his relationship with Weena reminded me of his troubles/thoughts on sex.
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Summary: Excellent Work
Review: Wells has an extremely intelligent style of writing. It is a welcomed releif from today's mindless science fiction devoid of class and sophistication.
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Summary: A delicious treat of Brit lit!
Review: The Time Machine is a truly interesting book, at least I thought. It has all the elements of a great book, and it's length is pretty short. In this case, though, I'm not so sure that that is a good thing!
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Summary: Much more than a Science Fiction story
Review: The Time Machine was an early novel by Wells.He is a wonderful author in his abilities to blend the elements of science fiction with social commentary and human feelings.The relationship between the Time Traveler and Weena is special.The true moral is said in the final sentance-that even when mind and strength have gone,graditude and a mutual tenderness live on.
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Summary: It was so boring.
Review: I thought this book was very boring and weird. I hope that people will never read this. I cant stand it. Thanks
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Summary: FANTASTIC MIND TRIP
Review: It would have been cool to find the experimental model somewhere in the future.
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Summary: not just sci-fi
Review: I enjoyed this book not just because of the science fiction slant (and HGW does a good job of theorizing time travel), but because of the thinly veiled commentaries, covering everything from class struggles to evolution. The narrative is a bit dry, but hey, I can deal with it, and the fact that this book was written so long ago only adds to the outstanding quality of the plot. A funny note - my edition was published in 1968, the cover showing the traveller materializing against a background of Eloi and Morlocks. The Eloi, as they should be, are represented as slight people covered with flowers, and the front & back covers as well as the intro page emphasize how this book predicted the coming of the "flower children" and how HGW foresaw the peace movement of the 60s. Yeah, it's a stretch, but cute nonetheless...
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Summary: Terrible
Review: Do not read this book if you enjoy character interaction. This is definately not a character story. The Time Traveller doesn't even have a name, much less a personality. Never did I once care what happened to the guy. The plot, which Wells seemed to attempt to make interesting is rather bland. There were no motives other than scientific curiosity. Very unrealistic. The Time Traveller assumes that because the Morlocks are strange and ugly by his standards, that they're evil. He didn't even give them a chance. Looking at everyone as part of a stereotyped group, no one, not even the Time Traveller himself nor Weena, was an individual. What's worse is that this book had true *potential.* But potential left untapped is better off nonexistant. Don't expect too much from The Time Machine.
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