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The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells
Enjoyed this novella probably more than I should have. I mean, I just love H.G. Wells. He was an author more than a century ago and yet,
I can understand what he is saying!
That's saying a lot when compared to some authors of the day (I guess that's not really fair because often I just mix any authors before 1900 all together but whatever).
H.G. Wells just had a knack for describing things that make sense and honing in onto real human emotions. After reading this and The War of the Worlds, I can tell that Wells had a keen interest in describing characters no better or worse than they actually are. Just as people.
Granted, the main character in the story was a brilliant scientist/inventor but at least he wasn't snobby about it. The narrator was dubious as he should be and I just think that Wells displayed human nature very nicely in this one.
Okay, I think the title is pretty self explanatory but here it goes: a scientist the unnamed protagonist called the Time Traveler invites his friends over to announce that he has discovered a type of new dimension (or improved upon the theory of it): Time. And just like with the other physical dimensions like length, width, depth and all, you can move back and forth from time. In realizing this, the Time Traveler has invented a machine that can allow the rider of it to travel through time. His friends are very incredulous but later some return and find that the Time Traveler has actually done it: traveled through time. At dinner, flustered and disturbed, the Time Traveler explains his adventures into the very distant future, where a new human race has fractured and evolved into two very different species, the Eloi and the...Worlocks. The latter live underground and her presumes that they were the working class proletariat and eventually evolved into totally nocturnal creatures. Meanwhile the Elois are a poor intellectual being the TT presumes are the upper class with no cares in the world.
I really enjoyed the social commentary of it, as there was quite a bit of socialism and thoughts about how the human pursuit may capitulate into nothing but simple creatures. It was really well done.
I can understand what he is saying!
That's saying a lot when compared to some authors of the day (I guess that's not really fair because often I just mix any authors before 1900 all together but whatever).
H.G. Wells just had a knack for describing things that make sense and honing in onto real human emotions. After reading this and The War of the Worlds, I can tell that Wells had a keen interest in describing characters no better or worse than they actually are. Just as people.
Granted, the main character in the story was a brilliant scientist/inventor but at least he wasn't snobby about it. The narrator was dubious as he should be and I just think that Wells displayed human nature very nicely in this one.
Okay, I think the title is pretty self explanatory but here it goes: a scientist the unnamed protagonist called the Time Traveler invites his friends over to announce that he has discovered a type of new dimension (or improved upon the theory of it): Time. And just like with the other physical dimensions like length, width, depth and all, you can move back and forth from time. In realizing this, the Time Traveler has invented a machine that can allow the rider of it to travel through time. His friends are very incredulous but later some return and find that the Time Traveler has actually done it: traveled through time. At dinner, flustered and disturbed, the Time Traveler explains his adventures into the very distant future, where a new human race has fractured and evolved into two very different species, the Eloi and the...Worlocks. The latter live underground and her presumes that they were the working class proletariat and eventually evolved into totally nocturnal creatures. Meanwhile the Elois are a poor intellectual being the TT presumes are the upper class with no cares in the world.
I really enjoyed the social commentary of it, as there was quite a bit of socialism and thoughts about how the human pursuit may capitulate into nothing but simple creatures. It was really well done.