As a space geek I loved his descriptions of astronomical events/objects because back then there wasn't the notion of "galaxies", it wasn't until the 1920s that Andromeda was discovered to be more than just a giant nebula, and would go on to be called a galaxy... our galaxy was the extent of what we thought the universe was. So much has changed since then... crazy.
There has been a lot of change since this book was written. And you are right, great descriptions especially for a novice like me. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.
I finished the book (which I've not read in decades) and then watched the 1960/Rod Taylor version of the film (which I've not *seen* in decades) and love them both. I had such a crush on Rod Taylor, as a youngster! The film is great, as the initial time travel focuses on an ever changing shop dummy and her wardrobe, as the years fly by and it expands on what Wells could've written, in terms of The Time Traveler (George) stopping off at various points in history, such as the end of the 1st World War, where he meets the (now grown) son of his best friend and does so, again, when he stops off in the 1960s where a nuclear war is taking place. That feeds into a departure from the book, (there are a number) in that the human race splits into two, once the earth is scorched from endless centuries of war, some of whom choose to head underground (and become the Morlocks) while the rest choose to stay above ground and become the Eloi and become, eventually, bred cattle for the Morlocks who turn to cannibalism. Anyway, I'd say that the book is ready for another Film version, hopefully better than the Guy Pearce effort! But, I loved the book so much that I've already got The Island of Dr Moreau on my Kindle, ready to go! 😉📚
I am glad you liked it. I would like to reread it sometime in the future. I haven't watched the movies. I will have to put that on the to-do list. I take that back, I have seen some of the Guy Pearce version, but not the older movie. I have Dr. Moreau as well and I need to read it. The TBR list is huge, so I don't know when I can get to it. Hopefully soon. Thanks for watching. Have a great week.
Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate that. This book was a good read and it gives the reader a lot to digest in such a short story. Have you read it? Did you like it? Thank you for watching. Have a great week.
I read *The Time Machine* about ten years ago. A strange little book, but I like to read the classics just to know what is in them that makes them so popular. Your review is very insightful and brought the experience of reading the book back to me.
Thanks for sharing, Bill, glad you enjoyed it! I found the portrayal of the technological society he interacts with later just as chilling as the Morlock/Eloi timeline, though for different reasons. If you liked the Morlock sections there is a really weird book from I believe the 1970s called Morlock Night by KW Jeter that acts as an unofficial sequel to the ending and final journey. Most of it takes place in Victorian London. Cheers, Jack
Good to hear from you. Chilling ... that is a good word for it, especially when you link it to real life and the parallels that I believe he was trying to draw. I will definitely look for the sequel. Thanks for the heads up. And thanks for watching. Have a great day.
I'm always more fascinated by what non-S-F readers think of a SF work than what a SF reader thinks. Thank you for this. Would you consider reading Richard Matheson's The Incredible Shrinking Man (another short novel, of about 40k words), and giving your opinion?
One of my all time favorite books written by HG Wells. I think I've read it about 5 time. My analysis of this book woukd be a lot different than yours as i saw it as a progression of mankind's journey through the ages and where they and their world would end up. I didn't see it as the elites vs the poor but a journey of survival.
Thanks Shirley! I actually think that that is one of the best parts about books like this. It can be interpreted in different directions and that makes it special. I think that is one of the reasons it keeps people reading it. Thank you for your analysis. I will definitely keep that in mind when I reread next time. I would like to try to do that some time this summer. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.
Most all of Wells' work is metaphorical commentary about society and man's place therein (as well as in the universe). I'm only a very moderate reader of SF. Wells is the kind of writer in the field who appeals to me, having little to no interest in intergalactic space battles etc or pure fantasy. To me the most interesting SF is more along the lines of 1984 (aka Nineteen-Eighty Four). I've read a lot of Wells and have to say he really was the solid, major writer who defined virtually 90 percent of the basic SF ideas out there...and could be very satiric, even outright funny. But almost always provocative in his SF work.
I really liked this book. It discussed SO much that was going on in society. It was fascinating. I don't read SF that is based in space either, although, I am probably going to give it a try soon. I want to see what it is like ... I am reading The Island of Dr. Moreau. Just started it last night and it is good so far, but I haven't gotten very far. I will report back on my thoughts. It is supposed to have a lot of stuff on society in it as well. I am looking forward to it. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.
You can read the full original text of H.G.Well's The Time Machine with more than 1500 difficult words, idioms, and phrases explained in pop-up windows that appear on hover or on click here: @t
I love this book but did I get it completely wrong?.. I felt like the Time Traveller was frustrated with the current way of industrialisation and so decided to invite all these high class people to tell them a story that he invented to try and influence them into a better way of living. He never time travelled in reality in my opinion. He just wanted to make them understand that they are on the wrong way. There never is any real proof that he went into the future. Everything is fabricated in a smart and subtle way including his dissapearance at the end. I need to re read this.
This isn't my strongest genre to read in, so you may be right. I need to go back and look. I may have read right passed that. There is definitely the message for a need to change. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.
Considering that Wells was a socialist, it's as much a critique of capitalism, as it is of industrialization. I could see how that could be missed if you didn't know that going into it though.
That's a good point. Thank you for bringing it up. I didn't know much about it going into the book. It will be a reread someday and I will keep it in mind. Thanks. Thanks for watching. Have a great week.
You can read the full original text of H.G.Well's The Time Machine with more than 1500 difficult words, idioms, and phrases explained in pop-up windows that appear on hover or on click here: @t
As a space geek I loved his descriptions of astronomical events/objects because back then there wasn't the notion of "galaxies", it wasn't until the 1920s that Andromeda was discovered to be more than just a giant nebula, and would go on to be called a galaxy... our galaxy was the extent of what we thought the universe was. So much has changed since then... crazy.
There has been a lot of change since this book was written. And you are right, great descriptions especially for a novice like me. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.
I finished the book (which I've not read in decades) and then watched the 1960/Rod Taylor version of the film (which I've not *seen* in decades) and love them both.
I had such a crush on Rod Taylor, as a youngster!
The film is great, as the initial time travel focuses on an ever changing shop dummy and her wardrobe, as the years fly by and it expands on what Wells could've written, in terms of The Time Traveler (George) stopping off at various points in history, such as the end of the 1st World War, where he meets the (now grown) son of his best friend and does so, again, when he stops off in the 1960s where a nuclear war is taking place.
That feeds into a departure from the book, (there are a number) in that the human race splits into two, once the earth is scorched from endless centuries of war, some of whom choose to head underground (and become the Morlocks) while the rest choose to stay above ground and become the Eloi and become, eventually, bred cattle for the Morlocks who turn to cannibalism.
Anyway, I'd say that the book is ready for another Film version, hopefully better than the Guy Pearce effort!
But, I loved the book so much that I've already got The Island of Dr Moreau on my Kindle, ready to go! 😉📚
I am glad you liked it. I would like to reread it sometime in the future. I haven't watched the movies. I will have to put that on the to-do list. I take that back, I have seen some of the Guy Pearce version, but not the older movie. I have Dr. Moreau as well and I need to read it. The TBR list is huge, so I don't know when I can get to it. Hopefully soon. Thanks for watching. Have a great week.
This is so far the best The Time Machine video analysis I have seen. This deserves thousands of views, thank you so much for your time and effort!
Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate that. This book was a good read and it gives the reader a lot to digest in such a short story. Have you read it? Did you like it?
Thank you for watching. Have a great week.
I read *The Time Machine* about ten years ago. A strange little book, but I like to read the classics just to know what is in them that makes them so popular. Your review is very insightful and brought the experience of reading the book back to me.
Thank you for watching. It was different, but I find myself liking it more and more. It makes you think. I probably will do a reread sometime.
Thanks for sharing, Bill, glad you enjoyed it!
I found the portrayal of the technological society he interacts with later just as chilling as the Morlock/Eloi timeline, though for different reasons.
If you liked the Morlock sections there is a really weird book from I believe the 1970s called Morlock Night by KW Jeter that acts as an unofficial sequel to the ending and final journey. Most of it takes place in Victorian London.
Cheers, Jack
Good to hear from you. Chilling ... that is a good word for it, especially when you link it to real life and the parallels that I believe he was trying to draw. I will definitely look for the sequel. Thanks for the heads up. And thanks for watching. Have a great day.
I'm always more fascinated by what non-S-F readers think of a SF work than what a SF reader thinks. Thank you for this. Would you consider reading Richard Matheson's The Incredible Shrinking Man (another short novel, of about 40k words), and giving your opinion?
Thank you for watching. Yes, I will read Matheson's book and give an opinion. I will go and look for it. Thanks for the suggestion. Have a great week.
One of my all time favorite books written by HG Wells. I think I've read it about 5 time. My analysis of this book woukd be a lot different than yours as i saw it as a progression of mankind's journey through the ages and where they and their world would end up. I didn't see it as the elites vs the poor but a journey of survival.
Thanks Shirley! I actually think that that is one of the best parts about books like this. It can be interpreted in different directions and that makes it special. I think that is one of the reasons it keeps people reading it. Thank you for your analysis. I will definitely keep that in mind when I reread next time. I would like to try to do that some time this summer. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.
Most all of Wells' work is metaphorical commentary about society and man's place therein (as well as in the universe). I'm only a very moderate reader of SF. Wells is the kind of writer in the field who appeals to me, having little to no interest in intergalactic space battles etc or pure fantasy. To me the most interesting SF is more along the lines of 1984 (aka Nineteen-Eighty Four). I've read a lot of Wells and have to say he really was the solid, major writer who defined virtually 90 percent of the basic SF ideas out there...and could be very satiric, even outright funny. But almost always provocative in his SF work.
I really liked this book. It discussed SO much that was going on in society. It was fascinating. I don't read SF that is based in space either, although, I am probably going to give it a try soon. I want to see what it is like ...
I am reading The Island of Dr. Moreau. Just started it last night and it is good so far, but I haven't gotten very far. I will report back on my thoughts. It is supposed to have a lot of stuff on society in it as well. I am looking forward to it. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.
Bro great work thak you so much ;)
No problem. Thank you for watching. Have a great week.
You can read the full original text of H.G.Well's The Time Machine with more than 1500 difficult words, idioms, and phrases explained in pop-up windows that appear on hover or on click here: @t
I just bought
The Time Machine Book but,
The one I bought for one dollar the year of copyright is 1912.
I think it’s second edition.
Sweet find! I hope you enjoy it because I know I did. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.
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Hellz yeah Brotato Chip.
I love this book but did I get it completely wrong?.. I felt like the Time Traveller was frustrated with the current way of industrialisation and so decided to invite all these high class people to tell them a story that he invented to try and influence them into a better way of living. He never time travelled in reality in my opinion. He just wanted to make them understand that they are on the wrong way. There never is any real proof that he went into the future. Everything is fabricated in a smart and subtle way including his dissapearance at the end. I need to re read this.
This isn't my strongest genre to read in, so you may be right. I need to go back and look. I may have read right passed that. There is definitely the message for a need to change. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.
Great book!
I agree. I will definitely reread it some day. Good stuff. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.
Considering that Wells was a socialist, it's as much a critique of capitalism, as it is of industrialization. I could see how that could be missed if you didn't know that going into it though.
That's a good point. Thank you for bringing it up. I didn't know much about it going into the book. It will be a reread someday and I will keep it in mind. Thanks. Thanks for watching. Have a great week.
@@billruttenberg No problem, I didn't know that either when I started The War of the Worlds like a year ago. It was an interesting suprise.
The book was pre-Sci-Fi.......
You can read the full original text of H.G.Well's The Time Machine with more than 1500 difficult words, idioms, and phrases explained in pop-up windows that appear on hover or on click here: @t