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Time Machine Troopers
HG Wells goes back in time with his Time Machine and experiences a sequel adventure to try and prevent the Morlocks from infiltrating Victorian London. High Action Epic Adventure.
348 pages, Paperback
First published January 12, 2012
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February 13, 2015
Time Machine Troopers begins where Wells' book left off, but it delves deeper into the hero's mind as he worked his way through the despair of losing Weena and deciding to go back. Choosing a companion was interesting; he considered Churchill, General Gordon, and even Wells, but Major-General Baden-Powell, the Hero of Mafeking, was perfect. And deciding what supplies, including weapons, to take was challenging. Baden-Powell helped a lot with that--and other things.
It's an adventure story, with fascinating background and literary references. Fighting Morlocks and training Eloi wasn't easy; it's a good thing he had back-up. And some assumptions he made turned out to be wrong... It's imaginative, well-written, full of twists and turns and setbacks and the carnage of war. This is one of the best sequels to any story I've read. Highly recommended.
It's an adventure story, with fascinating background and literary references. Fighting Morlocks and training Eloi wasn't easy; it's a good thing he had back-up. And some assumptions he made turned out to be wrong... It's imaginative, well-written, full of twists and turns and setbacks and the carnage of war. This is one of the best sequels to any story I've read. Highly recommended.
June 7, 2015
This is good. I have read, I think, six sequels to The Time Machine and this is among the better. If one wants a more detailed peek into the world of 802,701 that doesn't retcon significant parts of it as described in the original story, this is where to look.
It gets a bit cutesy here and there, but mostly the plot is a direct enough adventure story. There's also an absurdist element, perhaps not completely intended, but this is on balance entertaining. The concept of old "Bathing-Towel," with his Kudu horn and boy scout earnestness, as savior of far-future humanity is difficult to deny a smile.
n.b. The plot summary on the back cover is almost completely accurate, if misleading, but that here on goodreads (probably drawn from the other) is simply false. (Likewise, the cover image bears no relationship to the story.)
It gets a bit cutesy here and there, but mostly the plot is a direct enough adventure story. There's also an absurdist element, perhaps not completely intended, but this is on balance entertaining. The concept of old "Bathing-Towel," with his Kudu horn and boy scout earnestness, as savior of far-future humanity is difficult to deny a smile.
n.b. The plot summary on the back cover is almost completely accurate, if misleading, but that here on goodreads (probably drawn from the other) is simply false. (Likewise, the cover image bears no relationship to the story.)
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