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The Time Machine by Dobbs, Mathieu Moreau, H.G. Wells
5.0
This text is way ahead of its time at the fin de siecle. It details the findings of a time traveller who travels into the future when mankind has seemingly overcome all problems and have therefore become weak and childlike in appearance due to having a lack of challenges to strengthen them. This book was most appealing to me because of the Morlocks, who are the other descendant path of mankind, suggested to be the working class.
There are clear links to the fears of the fin de siecle in this book and mentions of technological advances. It is intriguing to see what sort of future H.G. Wells envisioned.
The end of the book is what had the greatest impact on me. The time traveller resolves to bring proof back of his adventures but does not return after three years. The possibilities of where he could be or why he has been away for so long are endless and I love that it is left to the reader's imagination.
There are clear links to the fears of the fin de siecle in this book and mentions of technological advances. It is intriguing to see what sort of future H.G. Wells envisioned.
The end of the book is what had the greatest impact on me. The time traveller resolves to bring proof back of his adventures but does not return after three years. The possibilities of where he could be or why he has been away for so long are endless and I love that it is left to the reader's imagination.