The Time Machine, H. G. Wells
The Time Machine, H. G. Wells
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The Time Machine

Author: H. G. Wells

Narrator: Doug Myers

Unabridged: 3 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2014


Synopsis

Originally published in 1895, H. G. Wells' unequivocally visionary tale popularized the concept of time travel. Set in Victorian England, it tells the story of a scientist and gentleman inventor who builds a machine capable of transporting a person through time, which he calls the fourth dimension. Propelling himself to the year 802,701, the man is delighted by what he finds: the Eloi, an elfin race who seem to have replaced the toil and suffering of the world with beauty and contentment. But not all is well in the world of the Eloi. What remains of this once-great culture now lives in fear of the terrifying Morlocks, an underground race who threaten the time traveler's return home.H. G. Wells was a pioneer of the science fiction genre. This hugely influential novel, which questions our place on Earth, weaves in his ideas of sociology and the social impact of industrialization.

About H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells, better known as H. G. Wells, was a novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian who wrote over 100 books. His novels are among the classic works of science fiction. His works, which go beyond ordinary adventure stories, are thought-provoking, forcing the reader to examine the future of mankind. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1866. His father was a shopkeeper and a professional cricketer until he broke his leg. Wells studied biology at the Normal School of Science in London and later taught in several private schools. In 1893, he became a full-time writer. He married one of his brightest students, Amy Catherine, in 1895. Wells earned his reputation with a string of science fiction novels, including The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The Invisible Man. In 1938, his realistic portrayal of a martian invasion in The War of the Worlds caused a panic across the United States when it was performed as a radio broadcast by actor Orson Wells. His science fiction stories have since become some of the most filmed works of all time. Between the two world wars, Wells lived mainly in France. Beyond his literary career, he was the president of an international peace organization (PEN) from 1934 to 1946. In this capacity, he had discussions with both Stalin and Roosevelt, trying to recruit them to his world-saving schemes. However, he later became disillusioned with the cause of peace when global war broke out for the second time in a generation. Throughout the Second World War, Wells lived in his house on Regent's Park, refusing to let the blitz drive him out of London. He died there on August 13, 1946.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

Returning to a novel you liked years ago is often a risky business, particularly so when the genre of that novel is science fiction. Nothing can age so rapidly as the past’s conception of the future, and what once seemed cutting edge may, after fifty years or more, appear simply ludicrous. Because of......more

Goodreads review by Leonard

The Time Machine is not primarily a novel about time travel, time travel paradoxes and so forth. It is chiefly a speculation on the far future of humanity and, closer to home, about class conflict and the evolution of the industrial civilisation. It starts as an almost casual chat by the fireside abo......more

Goodreads review by J.L.

Surely an oversight that I hadn't read H.G. Wells' The Time Machine before now. By all accounts, this is the original time travel story. Still, social class and how technical innovations change humanity are more central to the story than whether the narrator was actually able to travel to 802,701 AD......more

عن غروب البشرية نتحدث عن البشر عندما صار طولهم 140سم وجوههم ناعمة..لافرق بين النساءوالرجال أصبح الجميع أقرب الأطفال شكلا و موضوعا كسالي غارقون في الراحةو لا يخافون سوى الظلام اندثرت البيوت و انتهى نظام الاسرة الجميع يعيشون في مباني ضخمة لا يوجد تعليم او تجارة او منافسة او حروب اذن فهي الجنة ..لا بل هي أقرب......more


Quotes

“The savage brilliance of the young H. G. Wells—and the greatest science fiction novel ever written.” Stephen Baxter, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Long Earth

“Every time-travel story since The Time Machine is fundamentally indebted to Wells.” Robert Silverberg, Nebula Award–winning author of A Time of Changes