Science Fiction Aficionados discussion

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!

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

I’ve been wanting to reread this for the longest time and now I have my motivation.

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!!!!

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)[ a form of class system still exists so far in the future, except that in this case, the "poor" are literally eating the "rich". (hide spoiler)]. I'm glad I finally took the opportunity to read this book.

I became really immersed in this and finished it in one go. Great reminder of the classic genre

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.

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.

That makes sense...I also saw some arrogance, though it wasnt too overboard!