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May 29, 2017 Christine H rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Wow. WOW!

I did not intend to read this book all in one sitting today. I was amazed at how instantly engaging this was. Have I really not read any Wells before? I guess not, because his visionary genius and captivating storytelling would have made an impression. Sadly I think the execrable 2002 movie put me off the idea of this story; little did I know how much it disrespected its source material!

I found this required no adjustment for the time in which it was written. The language is straightfor ...more

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Oct 21, 2013 Jana rated it really liked it

Christopher was going to be reading this book so I thought I would read it as well. The first few pages took some getting used to, thanks to the old-fashioned writing style and vocabulary, but then the story drew me in. I love the unexpectedness of the path that Wells takes humans along in his version of the future.

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Mar 01, 2009 Nicole rated it liked it

Shelves: 1001-list, fantasy, classics, 2009

This was a quick and easy read, and I found that it reminded me a bit of Brave New World, in the way that both Wells and Huxley paint future generations. They imply that to be content and happy, humans will loose the ability to be free thinkers and that conflict will go away. Yet both authors also seem to think that total contentment is not all it's cracked up to be and almost put forth a "be careful what you wish for" type of message. Probably more Huxley than Wells, but I though the message wa ...more

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