false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185840426m/17136.jpg 17136 12 From the Publisher The Time Machine, H. G. Wells’s first novel, is a tale of Darwinian evolution taken to its extreme. Its hero, a young scientist, travels 800,000 years into the future and discovers a dying earth populated by two strange humanoid species: the brutal Morlocks and the gentle but nearly helpless Eloi. The Invisible Man mixes chilling terror, suspense, and acute psychological understanding into a tale of an equally adventurous scientist who discovers the formula for invisibility—a secret that drives him mad. Immensely popular during his lifetime, H. G. Wells, along with Jules Verne, is credited with inventing science fiction. This new volume offers two of Wells’s best-loved and most critically acclaimed “scientific romances.” In each, the author grounds his fantastical imagination in scientific fact and conjecture while lacing his narrative with vibrant action, not merely to tell a “ripping yarn,” but to offer a biting critique on the world around him. “The strength of Mr. Wells,” wrote Arnold Bennett, “lies in the fact that he is not only a scientist, but a most talented student of character, especially quaint character. He will not only ingeniously describe for you a scientific miracle, but he will set down that miracle in the midst of a country village, sketching with excellent humour the inn-landlady, the blacksmith, the chemist’s apprentice, the doctor, and all the other persons whom the miracle affects.” 1326568 1895 The Time Machine/The Invisible Man total:331|5:83|4:128|3:87|2:25|1:8| 331 1246 526 27 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:58:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:59:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 15:27:22 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 09:57:57 -0700 2009
What is time? Is it the recording of the present and past and the peeking into the future? Is it the aging process of all things? Is it relative to space? Is it changeable or in a constant mold? Can you move about it and through it? These questions ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 18:13:18 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 20:09:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 18:30:17 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 22 12:14:07 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 02 18:30:17 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 05 13:24:41 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 02 10:35:59 -0800 2009
Well's classic still stands as a riveting tale. What makes this still fresh is instead of focusing on the machine, Wells focuses on the story of using the machine. Although he was a socialist, he was an adherent to particular idea of socialism, one where humanity organize...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 07:19:15 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 09:13:23 -0700 2009
The Time Machine, shockingly, was excellent. It avoided many of the typical problems by avoiding traveling into the past. I wish I could read further adventurers of the T...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 02:42:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 12:14:27 -0700 2008 1 Saw the movie, think it should be a story of it's own. It almost could be. But about the book. Basically, it's hard to go wrong with a Wells sci-fi story.
A scientist creates a maching and travels into the distant future, where he meets the kith of man: creatures who cal...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 10:31:59 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 10:51:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 03 05:48:03 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 05:50:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:27:33 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:34:41 -0700 2009
I recommend this book to people who like science, it is a very adventurous book.]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 15:53:47 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 15:56:10 -0800 2008 1 The Time Machine, and I've enjoyed him immensely. His fiction tends to follow Victorian trends, like the feminization of the Other and the reiteration of female inferiority, but his fiction is also just plain good. Wells...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jul 31 07:39:29 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 22:08:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 26 13:45:10 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 13:45:51 -0700 2009 ]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jul 13 21:19:39 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 21:25:36 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 14:13:48 -0700 2007 Mon Feb 11 18:20:28 -0800 2008 The Time Traveler's Wife. Surprisingly, the novel is less about science fiction than it is a love letter to socialism/communism. The time travel story is just the backdrop. Still, you have to give Wells props for being the first...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 13:44:29 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 09:21:56 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:44:29 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 13:31:45 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 11:10:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 08:13:46 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 14:01:40 -0700 2008
Loved reading this story--for it's language [I rediscovered my love for the word "akimbo"], the character descriptions and the wonderful trip back into the past it provided.

If you like mad sc...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 15:56:05 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 15:13:32 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 12 07:58:35 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 07:59:35 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=17136