22. The Time Machine

by H.G. Wells (120 pgs)

Rating: 3

The time traveller travels into the distant future and returns to recount his experiences to his astonished friends after a dinner party. His tale is of a dichotomous society degenerating as a result of an inherent imbalance. As proof, he has only a couple of crumpled flowers and a few scars on his hands. Touching at times, and stereotypical of works written in the same period, The Time Machine is a intellectual musing of the distant future of man kind.



It's a fast read and probably deserves its status as a science fiction classic. The commentary on human nature and where Well's sees it leading us is interesting although I don't necessarily agree with his conclusion. The themes make it apparent that it is coming out of the onset of the industrial age.

Generally recommended. It's short and it's a classic...what do you have to lose?