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Summary: The first of many timeless classics I read
Review: After watching LXG, and the idea of being invisible, I bought this book and it was great. Its based back in the 19 hunderds so dont think its easy to follow, but its fun to read. It starts off in Febeuary, in a town called Iping were a very pecular stranger comes wrapped in bandeges, wareing dark goggles, a long brim hat, and a long trench coat. He dosen't go to chruch, dosen't interact with the people and keeps to himself. Soon after his arival strange things happen like, a robbery when the victams here a sneeze and theres no one there, a person see's down the strangers sleeve and there's noting there, and a case were the furniture goes mad. A very creative stroy for a mind of the 1800's, H.G. wells delivers you a thrilling story of mystery, acton, and not stop thrillers. A defent must buy classic.
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Summary: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Review: Awesome sci-fi action and horror novel. Recently a scientist named Griffin has found a way to turn skin, blood, and tissue invisible. Griffin has checked into a hotel in a small town in Iping. He is a tall man with a shiny pink nose. His head is wrapped in bandages, and he wears a pair of glaring blue glasses. In his room he sits in his chair, smokes his pipe, talks to himself, and does strange experiments. As soon as this man comes to town, weird things begin happening like floating furniture and unexplained robberies. What is this man doing in this small town? Citicens in this town start to hear voices and see doors and windows unlock themselves. Could this man be the cause of the occurrences? This book has many plot twists and surprises. It keeps you on the edge of your seat. While reading this book you want to know what happens next. This book will captivate all readers. The Invisible Man is an extremely exciting book that must be read!
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Summary: Three and a half stars, really.
Review: Better than mediocre, but not quite as good as four stars, this book is worth reading, if for no other reason than to give one a feel for the origins of the science-fiction genre. Granted, Wells is not the originator or the genre; that title probably belongs to Jules Verne, but Wells is one of the earliest contributors to the development of science fiction. "The War Of The Worlds", "The Time Machine", and "The Invisible Man" are all among the earliest treatments of seminal concepts that later become standards of the genre, and are all reasonably interesting treatments of basic ideas, treatments which are later surpassed as subsequent writers build upon the basic idea and try novel variations upon them. As a story in its own right, this book is interesting, but has a few flaws: the explanation offered for why the main character chose NOT to use theatrical makeup to "pass" when he needed to seem normal was unconvincing (it would take too long to remove if he needed to suddenly be invisible; not nearly a sufficiently compelling consideration to offset the obvious advantages of being able to pass in normal society). Further, since he mentions that his earliest test of his procedure turned a piece of cloth invisible, it seems silly that he didn't make himself invisible clothes to avoid the rather obvious disadvantage of needing to be naked in order to be properly invisible, during an English winter (which is when he made his experiment.) Nor does it make any sense that he would become visible once dead; if his flesh was invisible, it should have remained so. Still, in spite of all these quibbles, it is a very interesting book, and well worth the reading.
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Summary: I just can't see it
Review: Classic science fiction? I just can't see it. Wells' understanding of the science underlying optics is so transparently uninformed, that one wonders why more readers don't see through it. Take a look. If you see anything interesting here, you are a better reader than I.
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Summary: It was OK.
Review: H.G.Wells tells a story of a scientist who has made a wonderous breakthrough in chemestry by finding a way to make living tissue invisible. We begin in a small town in America, where a stranger has arrived at an inn run by a busybody who is intent on discovering this strangers secret. He's wrapped up in bandages, and has a rude demenaor. The scientist spends his days and nights tinkering with scientific things which she doesn't understand. Until finally, the secret is unvielled. The Invisible Man, who was formerly known as Griffin, undertakes a terrorising of the inhabitants of the small town for an afternoon before setting off to find somewhere else to continue his research and theft. In his travel, he finds an old college mate and thinks himself fortunate because now, of course, his old aquaintance will give him food and shelter, hide him from the police, and assist him in his research? He begins to tell his old aquaintance, Dr Kemp, of his tragic story. Kemp is horrified both at the selfishness of Griffin, and the insane nature that he has developed as a result of the difficulties of invisibility. These traits combine in the scientist to produce a dangerous and insane criminal who must be stopped. A good story, short enough to read in several hours, and one which demonstrates the old adage "Be Carefull what you wish for, you just might get it."
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Summary: Be Carefull what you wish for...
Review: H.G.Wells tells a story of a scientist who has made a wonderous breakthrough in chemestry by finding a way to make living tissue invisible. We begin in a small town in America, where a stranger has arrived at an inn run by a busybody who is intent on discovering this strangers secret. He's wrapped up in bandages, and has a rude demenaor. The scientist spends his days and nights tinkering with scientific things which she doesn't understand. Until finally, the secret is unvielled. The Invisible Man, who was formerly known as Griffin, undertakes a terrorising of the inhabitants of the small town for an afternoon before setting off to find somewhere else to continue his research and theft. In his travel, he finds an old college mate and thinks himself fortunate because now, of course, his old aquaintance will give him food and shelter, hide him from the police, and assist him in his research? He begins to tell his old aquaintance, Dr Kemp, of his tragic story. Kemp is horrified both at the selfishness of Griffin, and the insane nature that he has developed as a result of the difficulties of invisibility. These traits combine in the scientist to produce a dangerous and insane criminal who must be stopped. A good story, short enough to read in several hours, and one which demonstrates the old adage "Be Carefull what you wish for, you just might get it."
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Summary: The Invisible Man Book Review
Review: I am rather torn between thoughts about this book. The plot was well written and it kept me guessing. However, this is the first book that I have ever read where the main character is not what main characters usually are: good. I was momentarily shocked when this particular fact appeared.
Overall, this book was well written, though it boggs down every once and a while and makes it slightly dull. The subject matter didn't especially appeal to me, though. I didn't think that this book measured up at all to H.G. Wells book "The Time Machine", which I greatly enjoyed.
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Summary: The Invisible Man Book Review
Review: I am rather torn between thoughts about this book. The plot was well written and it kept me guessing. However, this is the first book that I have ever read where the main character is not what main characters usually are: good. I was momentarily shocked when this particular fact appeared.
Overall, this book was well written, though it boggs down every once and a while and makes it slightly dull. The subject matter didn't especially appeal to me, though. I didn't think that this book measured up at all to H.G. Wells book "The Time Machine", which I greatly enjoyed.
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Summary: My favorite book by H.G. Wells
Review: I have read most of the popular works of H.G. Wells (The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, and The Island of Dr. Moreau) and this was my favorite. The Invisible Man is an entertaining book, but what it really makes you think about is WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING? Is man inherently EVIL, and simply obeys the constraints of society because he is afraid of getting caught, or is man inherently good? This is the question that Wells tries to answer in this book, and you'll find the book well worth the time. I recommend this book to all lovers of good science fiction; enjoy!
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Summary: Do Not Read This Book
Review: I would not recommend this book to my worst enemy. The book is extremely hard to follow and does not appeal to me at all. I would not shed a tear if no one in the world ever read this terrible classic again. The time I spent reading The Invisible Man was nothing short of cruel and unusual torture. People who would enjoy this book are people who enjoy books that are difficult to follow, make no sense, and are boring. The idea about becoming invisible is the only reason why I read this book. However, the book does not make the fact the man is invisible interesting. People who would not like this book are people who want their stories to make sense, are easy to follow, are interesting, and do not want to waste one minute of their life reading it.
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