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It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning

The Time Machine by HG Wells

January 21, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Yet another book that feels like I have read it before, maybe multiple times, because of how familiar the material, the plot, the theme, and the language in this books are. I’ve read a handful of Wells’s books in the past– namely The War of the Worlds. And so I really felt like I had read this one. And if I have, it’s likely that I read the Great Illustrated Classics edition. You know the ones, right? Anyway, what I didn’t realize about this book […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: HG Wells, the time machine

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:34 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: HG Wells, the time machine ·
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Eight Hundred and Two Thousand Seven Hundred and One years into the future and beyond.

April 17, 2014 by AamilTheCamel 2 Comments

Nineteenth book reviewed as part of the 130 Challenge. When I started this book, I thought that I might have started a complicated story that would involve wrapping my head around complex ideas of multiple dimensions and the paradox of time travel. I have never been good at visualizing the fourth dimension in my head and whenever I have tried to grasp the concept of time travel, I’ve been discombobulated (what a word!) by it and have given up immediately. The closest I came to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, 130 challenge, h g wells, science fiction, the time machine, time travel

AamilTheCamel's CBR6 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, 130 challenge, h g wells, science fiction, the time machine, time travel ·
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