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Christine H
May 29, 2017 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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Julia
Sep 08, 2014 rated it liked it
Shelves: scifi-fantasy, ya, classics, audio-books
Good story with a still (perhaps even more so now) salient point: overwhelming reliance on technology leads to peril and the ultimate end of the human race. I didn't think it was particularly well written but it is a great tale, and I enjoyed the notion that what worries us today worried us when this was written as well. ...more
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Heather L
May 27, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics, 2012, book-to-movie, group-read, sci-fi
I read this on the "100 Classics for Nintendo DS". ...more
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Marcella
Dec 29, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction, 2018-50-book-challenge, scifi-specfic
The Kelsey Grammer-narrated audiobook from Apple Books is great, especially because it’s free.
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Laura Seagraves
Apr 11, 2008 rated it liked it
Dana
May 07, 2008 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Nicole Oswald
Mar 10, 2009 marked it as to-read
Kate
Feb 14, 2010 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics
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May 07, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-completed
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Nov 03, 2010 rated it really liked it
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Jul 09, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Oct 27, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: sci-fi
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Dec 31, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: we-own-these-already, 1001-books
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