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I really enjoyed this audio version of this story. I preferred it over the 1960 version of the movie, which I loved (probably b/c I was infatuated with the actress, Yvette Mimieux!), even though I kept telling the Time Traveler "get a torch!" He finally listened to me towards the end. :-) I was pretty impressed with some of Wells' ideas about what may come.
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It is hard to argue against the fact that H.G. Wells was a trailblazer for modern SciFi authors and this seems the book that started it all. His style seems as though it could have been written today just as easily as over one hundred years ago. Glad to have read it and a quick read so much better than the cheesy movie made in the early 2000s.
Overall, I think the message that Wells attempted to get across is as equally valid today as it was upon first publishing. Through the Morlocks and Eloi he ...more
Overall, I think the message that Wells attempted to get across is as equally valid today as it was upon first publishing. Through the Morlocks and Eloi he ...more
I loved this book. Such a simple yet insightful read. I just downloaded 5 more HG Wells books
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James
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