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Summary: a Science-fiction masterpiece by one of the best
Review: The Time Machine is possibly one of the greatest Sci-Fi stories ever told. As well as a riveting narrative, it is an interesting and intriguing allegory towards communism. I think that this book should be read at least once by every average American
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Summary: Wells's Classic Marred by Kingsley's Delivery
Review: I had been searching for an unabridged reading of The Time Machine, so I snapped this up when I saw it. However, Mr. Kingsley's delivery does the story a disservice. He is generally monotonic, and does not impart much emotion into what he reads. In addition, there are numerous points where he pauses as if at a period, only to continue the sentence. This has the effect of breaking up the longer sentences into disjointed, odd-sounding fragments. Finally, there were a few typos (or mis-reads, if you will) scattered throughout the text (i.e., "gloves" for "globes"). Compared to an older tape, abridged but read with feeling by David Hardy, this version loses, in my humble opinion.
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Summary: If you like reading about SF+Adventures,this book is daBomb!
Review: At last more than 30 million years hence, the huge red-hot dome of the sun had come to obscure nearly a tenth part of the darkling heavens.Then I stopped once more, for the crawling multitude of crabs has disappeared, and the red beach, save for its livid green liverworts and lichens, seemed lifeless......
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Summary: It was an all together good book,
Review: As a high schooler I was forced to read this novel, but I'm glad. It was really written in good text, and I liked the well thought up characters names. (Eloi's & Morlocks) I have also read his other novels; Island of Dr. Moreau and I have also seen the movie. H.G. Wells is an excellent writter and his books deserve more credit.
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Summary: Good effort
Review: This book, though has it's ups, i found it boring in some parts. I like Wells, but i prefer Verne. (i also liked "War of worlds" best)
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Summary: The "Goldenest" from the golden age of Sci-Fi
Review: If you are just beginning to read sci-fi or, like me, are a fan of the older brand of it (Heinlein, Clarke, Harlan Ellison) then READ IT, READ IT, READ IT! This is vintage science fiction at its best with one of the great early authors of the genre. Although some of the plot falls to cliche, the simple themes tend to make the novel more nostalgic and endearing. If you like this one, then step into Wells' world and read the rest. They are all worthy of your time, though Time Machine is the best of the lot.
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Summary: Science Fiction at it's best
Review: Although written over a century ago, The Time Machine is still in my opinion one of the greatest science fiction titles ever. Not over scientific the book gives us the story of a time traveller, through a first person structure (not the Time Traveller) of a character telling the time traveller's story, as supposedly told by the time traveller.
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Summary: A True Classic
Review: Why was I not forced to read this in high school instead of the tired old 'classics' they push at us? I read the book for the first time last night, and finished it in less than three hours. The symbolism of the future is clear, but beyond that it is also a really good story. This is how science fiction should read - an adventure around every corner. In addition, HG Wells' superb use of language helps this rise above the myriad of look-alike sci-fi out there today. This would be required reading in my world.
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Summary: I think the Time Machine is an intriguing novel...
Review: The Time Machine was an absoultely outstanding book. From all of the other reviewson this book, my thought tend to differ. I think that H.G. Wells not only chose to write this book solely serving entertainment purposes. I think H.G. Wells was also criticizing his social society and his ideas of the injusticies of his day. When Wells grew up, society was strictly divided in half. There were the rich and there were the poor. It boiled down to the fact that the rich kept getting richer and the poor kept becoming poorer. The society lived by Social Darwinism. Seeing how Wells was an author his social status tended to shift from rich to poor. In other words he got a taste of how it was to live through the eyes of the rich and of the poor..just obviously, not simultaneously. Wells, took his changing social status and decided to take it to the extreme. If the rich kept getting richer, they would just want to live more and more simple lives which would eventually lead to the lives of the Eloi. The Eloi were frail people. If the rich people found a way to live on their Heaven on Earth they would eventually become frail and helpless... if you don't use it you lose it. The rich wouldn't have to work and so they could play and relax all day. The poor on the other hand would become forced to live lives similiar to that of the Worlocks. According to just an everyday stereotypical view, out of sight, out of mind. If the poor lived underground the rich could easily forget about them and continue to live their troublefree lives. If the poor lived underground, they would be forced to learn how to relate to their living enviornments... such as the long fingers used for climbing. The Worlocks/ the poor people are forced to turn cannabalistic on the rich/Eloi because they have no other food to eat. It would also serve as an act of revenge, not the eating, but the killing. I think that Wells did a great job supporting his comparison on where the world was headed. He even goes to the extreme and explains the end of the world where there is absolutely nothing in existance.
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Summary: The Future Is here
Review: "I drew a breath, set my teeth, gripped the starting lever with both hands..."
Time traveling? Has the thought ever popped into your mind? I'm sure it has, but have you ever thought about it so much, that you wrote a book about it? That's what H. G. Wells has done. In his book, The Time Machine, he has searched his imagination and beyond to bring you excitement.
After the time traveler worked many years on his odd-looking creation, he decided to start experimenting with it. In about five minutes, he had already gotten himself into trouble...
Dazed and confused, he got out of his time machine, and started to explore his new world. He saw many strange creatures. Most of them fled at the sight of him, but one, was curious. It seemed that she liked the time traveler. He named her Weena, and described her as speaking a strange language, three feet tall, and having short legs. After he discovered his new land with his new companion, he went back to his time machine to find it missing! In my opinion, this book is for children, teens, and adults. Some of the weaknesses of this book are, 1st Wells doesn't describe things in his story too well, and 2nd , he dwells on some things that are not important, and doesn't talk about the things that are important too much. Some of it's strengths are, it's imaginative characters. Other books by H. G. Wells include When The Sleeper Wakes, and The First Men on the Moon.
-Jason DiVener
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