The Time Machine: An Invention ANNOTATION
A scientist invents a time machine and uses it to travel to the year 802,701 A.D., where he discovers the childlike Eloi and the hideous underground Morlocks.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
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SYNOPSIS
When the Time Traveller courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700 -- and everything has changed. In another, more utopian age, creatures seemed to dwell together in perfect harmony. The Time Traveller thought he could study these marvelous beings -- unearth their secret and then retum to his own time -- until he discovered that his invention, his only avenue of escape, had been stolen.
H.G. Well's famous novel of one man's astonishing journey beyond the conventional limits of the imagination first appeared in 1895. It won him immediate recognition, and has been regarded ever since as one of the great masterpieces in the literature of science fiction.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Two of Wells's sf masterpieces get the red carpet treatment here. These "critical text" editions contain the full text plus annotations, indexes, appendixes, and bibliographies. Though these editions are pricey, Wells's works deserve serious consideration. Libraries should at least stock up on a few extra budget paperback copies of Doctor Moreau to meet demand generated by a forthcoming film remake starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer.
AudioFile - Don Wismer
H.G. Wellsﾽs class novella has never been better read. The bookﾽs scenario is an extended narration by the protagonist, the time traveler, an educated and urbane Englishman. Coshamﾽs voice is English and sounds educated and urbane. The traveler goes into the future, and what he finds there allows Wells to interlard his text with gloomy socialist speculation. But the story, not the philosophy, dominates and is good, unadorned audio, formative science fiction besides. A fine production. D. W. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner ﾽAudioFile, Portland, Maine
AudioFile - AudioFile Review
H.G. Wells's 1894 novel (his first) describes the adventures of his hero, the time-traveler, mostly in the year A.D. 802,701, when he encounters a class-ridden battle between the decadent Eloi and the primitive Morlocks. This multi-voiced presentation works well, especially in the opening and closing scenes when the hero displays his time apparatus to his skeptical friends. Michael York, as the time-traveler, nicely evokes the wonder of encountering the future. Sci-fi enthusiasts should, however, take note: Although the novel is one of its author's briefest (running to 76 pages in a Wells anthology), these tapes, while entertaining, are considerably abridged and rewritten from the original, a status not indicated on the packaging. G.H. ﾽ AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine
Read by Michael York
AudioFile - Melody Moxley
Two tales of time-travel are dramatized by the Atlanta Radio Theatre: Wellsﾽs story of the visit of the traveler to the land of the Eloi and Brad Stricklandﾽs A Glitch in Time, in which a research experiment goes awry. The latter selection is the stronger of the two; in a two-character drama, the actors give performances that are fresh, alive and emotionally true. In the Wells story, the performance of the traveler is overshadowed by the annoying, high-pitched voices fashioned for the Eloi. M.A.M. ﾽAudioFile, Portland, Maine
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