The Time Machine

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Summary: The Time Machine is one book you don't want to miss out on!
Review: The Time Machine written by H.G.Wells is an all around great book. The way H.G.Wells describes the characters in this book is superb and it keeps you interested the whole time.
There were several aspects I liked about this book. One being the way he describes the characters. He describes them with such great detail from the way they look to the way they act. One group that he meets is called the Eloi. The Time Traveller describes them by saying, " Then I felt other soft little tentacles upon my back and shoulders. There was nothing in this alarming. Indeed, there was something in these pretty little people that inspired confidence, a graceful gentleness, a certain childlike ease. And besides they looked so frail that I could fancy myself flinging the whole dozen of them about like nine-pins. But I made a sudden motion to warn them when I saw their little pink hands feeling the Time Machine. And then I looked more nearly into their features, and I saw some futhur peculiarities in their Dresde-china type of prettiness. Their hair was uniformly curly, their ears were singularly minute, their mouths were small and bright red, and there eyes were large and mild." There is so much description in that quote and I just love it. It's so good that you can make a picture in your head of what they would of looked like.
A second aspect in the book that I liked was when the Time Traveller relizes his Time Machine had vanished. I really like this part in the book because without his Time Machine there's no way he can get back and it makes you wonder what happened to it and what is going to happen to him. I loved how it just left you wondering. The Time Traveller says " When I reached the lawn my worst fears were relized. Not a trace of the thing was to be seen. I felt faint and cold when I faced the empty space amoung the black tangle of bushes. I ran around it furiously, as if the thing might be hidden in a corner and then stopped abruptly, with my hand clutching my hair. Above me towered the sphinx, upon the bronze pedestal,white,shining,in the light of the rising moon." When you find out it's behind the bronze doors it makes it even more interesting because you say to yourself how did the Time Machine get back there and how is the Time Traveller going to get it back? It makes you wonder what kind of creature is behind that door and that is why that makes this part of the novel so good.
A third aspect I liked about the book is when the Time Traveller saved a Eloi named Weena from drowning in the river. I enjoyed the part when they became friends after Weena kept following the Time Traveller everywhere. The Time Traveller says, " She was exactly like a child. She wanted to be with me always. She tried to follow me everywhere." At first the Time Traveller trys to leave her but then relizes he liked having her around. So from then on they were friends and I thought that was a really sweet part in the book and I liked it a lot.
A fourth aspect I liked about the book was when he met the Morlocks. He described them as subterranean,ape-like vermin. He could tell by there smell and appearance that they were obviously carnivores but they had stolen his Time Machine and he wanted it back. He figured out that the Morlocks would eat the Eloi at night when they grew hungry and that is why the Eloi feared darkness. I liked learning about these creatures because they were different then anything I had ever heard or read about it. I thought they were cool characters even though they ate the Eloi.
There was a fifth aspect in the book that I didn't like. It was when the Time Traveller and Weena were making there way home in the dark and all of a sudden these Morlocks start to surround them. The Time Traveller lights a match to scare them away but evenually ignites a larger fire to slow them down. Soon enough the whole forest is on fire and the Time Traveller makes it out ok but Weena doesn't and she dies. The time Traveller is very upset by this because they had become such great friends. I thought this was a very sad moment in the book becuase Weena was such a nice and gentle character and then she gets killed by a fire. I didnt like how that happened and that is why this is one aspect in the book I didn't like.
Overall The Time Machine is a awesome book. Its one of those books that you pick up and you can't put it back down because it always keeps you wondering what is going to happen next. Anyone who hasn't read this should definitely read it because this is one book you don't want to miss out on!

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Summary: not bad
Review: well im writing this review for a physics project that i have to do. Well overall i thought the book was pretty exciting. Alot of details were given and the book kept u thinking even at the end when the traveler disapears and never returns. I thought the ending was pretty cook since i would never expect an ending like that. THe book has action, and lots of details. Some parts were hard to understand because of the wierd names that the travler gives but overall the book wasnt bad.

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Summary: time travel
Review: If anyone is interested in a story about time travel, I would definitly recommend this book The Time Travel. It has its ups and downs, but H.G. Wells has an amazing imagination and as I read each chapter, I eagerly anticipated the new things he would introduce about the future. This book really made me think about the possibilies of time travel and how it all works. After reading this book I am interested to find out more about the science of time travel and its possibilities. I am really not a fan of books in general but i would recommened this book to anyone who has a big imagination and who is interested in time travel.

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Summary: The Time Machine?!
Review: If you were to build a time machine where would you go? In the story, THE TIME MACHINE, the time traveller goes into the future to see what the human's outcome is. Instead of finding a sophisticated human race, he found Eloi and the vicious Morlocks who ruled over them. The Morlocks steal the time machine and after many quarrels and fights with them he manages to retrieve his Time Machine once again. He travels back to his time only to be dissapointed that none of his friends believe his incredible journey. The last anyone saw of the Time Traveller was when he jumped into his time machine and vanished. That was years ago now and no one has seen him since. Did the Time Traveller go into the past or back to the future? No one knows for sure.

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Summary: Seen better
Review: The time machine does a good job atracting people to it. The cover and the well written summery really brought me in. The begining really intriged me. I loved the descriptive detail the author gave, especially the part where the Time Traveler speeds through time. Once he stops in the future, is where I think the book could have been a lot better. My expectations are probably higher than most after reading the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The reson I scored so low because I have seen a lot better.

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Summary: The Time Machine
Review: The Time Machine was an entertaining book about time traveling. I thought it was interesting for a few reasons. First of all, everyone has their own ideas about time travel and what the future might be like. Through H. G. Wells' story, he incorporates his personal theories about the future. Furthermore, the conflict between the Morlocks and the Time Traveler keeps you at the edge of your seat because you don't know if the Time Traveler will make it back to the present time. Also, The Time Machine is very descriptive. From the delicate flowers to the grungy wells of the Morlocks, the author does a wonderful job explaining the strange, futuristic world. At times, I felt like I was in the story, because the descriptions were so detailed. The Time Machine was a great book, and I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in time traveling or about the future.

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Summary: The Time Machine
Review: Although some people may disagree, The Time Machine is a wonderful fictitious novel. One thing that makes it great is the imagination. In the story the author gives a descriptive picture of what he thinks life will be like in the future. One man builds a time machine and is able to travel in many different dimensions. While he travels, things move quickly and can be witnessed in the blink of an eye. He sees the sun and moon rotate in seconds, he goes through different eras and wars, and eventually ends up in a completely different world. It is full life and will keep anyone reading until the end. Another reason the book is good, is the suspense. For example, when the time traveller first meets two groups of people called the eloi and the morlocks, he is very confused. He later finds out that the morlocks feed and clothe the eloi only to be able to hunt, kill, and eat them later. The time traveller wants to help the eloi and decides to try to fight the morlocks leaving the reader wondering what is going to come next. It is very exciting. Altogether the book is an interesting way to view H. G. Wells point of view of the future, and a good way to spend an afternoon reading.

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Summary: A very goooood book! March, 1 2004
Review: This book was very hard to understand. Some of the chapters were quite confusing. It is a very good book to read if this is the type of stories that you're into. It's not to long so it won't take up to much of your time to read it. I recogmend this book to everyone who comes across it. I hope you take the time to read this marvelous book.

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Summary: Okizzile
Review: I thought the Book was enertaing and fun. It is a little far out for my taste. I think the charecters can use some sharpeing. I think there should have been more develepment between the charecters. I think this a perfect book for the sci-phy thrillers.I hope my review gets out.

Roger

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Summary: An uninteresting book!
Review: I found this book hard to read. Not only were the words difficult to understand, but also it was so boring and slow that it was hard to pay attention to what I was reading. I enjoy books that are realistic fiction. The Time Machine was so impossible that it was hard to read it without laughing. The romance was very weak and the suspicion was nonexistent. I found this book a waste of time to read. If we really could travel in time I would go back and never have read this book. The characters are truly shallow and have very little emotion. The climax was weak, but the story line was even worse. I would never recommend The Time Machine to anyone!