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Monthly Read: Themed > March 2019-The Time Machine

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message 1: by Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin' (new) - rated it 3 stars

Maggie K | 1287 comments Mod
Welcome to March and our Themed book read from the 19th century---HG Wells Time Machine. I have all wanted to get to this book, and here we are!


Scott I was struck by how cinematic the description of the time travelling was.


Susan Budd (susanbudd) | 12 comments I’ve been wanting to reread this for the longest time and now I have my motivation.


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J. Allen Nelson (jallennelson) | 17 comments I recently re-read this classic and was also surprised by how well it reads and flows like a movie. Unlike the movies, however. . . poor Weena!!!!


Suki St Charles (goodreadscomsuki_stcharles) | 9 comments I had been aware of this book and its general storyline for most of my life, but this is the first time I actually read it. I enjoy Wells' writing style, and his descriptions of life in the far future are vividly described and fascinating. I was curious about the lost peoples who had built the large buildings and monuments. It struck me funny that (view spoiler). I'm glad I finally took the opportunity to read this book.


message 6: by Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin' (new) - rated it 3 stars

Maggie K | 1287 comments Mod
I became really immersed in this and finished it in one go. Great reminder of the classic genre


Phillip Murrell I'm so glad I finally read this book. It was amazing. Made even more impressive when you realize how old it is, and how it established many time travel rules and tropes. I also read it in one sitting.


Teleport Magazine | 8 comments I studied the Time Machine in a science fiction class...we also read The Land Ironclads. My prof brought up the Fabian Society and how Wells was a socialist sympathizer. The Eloi were the descendants of the bourgeois and the Morlocks were suppose to be descendants of the working class; a theme repeated in The Land Ironclads.

At any rate, I thought the story was ok, I felt the narrator was a little arrogant. So far I haven't seen a film version I like as much as the novel.


message 9: by Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin' (new) - rated it 3 stars

Maggie K | 1287 comments Mod
That makes sense...I also saw some arrogance, though it wasnt too overboard!


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