#h g wells the time machine

[mulhollanddriver]

-Hey. "Better Call Saul." Right? -McGill. I'm McGill.

Saul Gone

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[cmdonovann]

the last of my public domain books from christmas! (for now; i did one other, but i can't find the photos i took, so i'll have to take more later.) a chunky little letter quarto of the time machine by h. g. wells, for my dad. i cannot possibly express how much i wanted to keep this one myself, lol, i was so pleased with how it turned out!!

#bookbinding #public domain #the time machine #h g wells

[ecoamerica]

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[olivrsm]

#the time machine #h g wells #science fiction #retro #movie

[tomoleary]

Reed Crandall “The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells Illustration Original Art (c. 1960s) Source

#reed crandall #the time machine #h. g. wells #original art

[anelimjolie]

“But to me the future is still black and blank - is a vast ignorance, lit at a few casual places by the memory of his story…

… And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers - shrivelled now, and brown and flat and brittle…

… to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man.” - H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

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[fallingsunbindery]

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells 35,683 words | 240 pages Completed August 28, 2022

My first octavo book! Each page is 1/8 of a sheet of letter paper. I used Duo bookcloth again, and the endpapers had actually been on my wishlist for a long time. I knew they would be perfect for a sci-fi story, and I finally had an excuse to splurge and by a sheet! As a bonus, the sheets are so large and this binding is so small that I still have a ton of that paper left :)

#bookbinding #hand binding #the time machine #h g wells #common domain #2022 #octavo

[eilooxara]

Kinda love how I'll make a post about some book that doesn't see much discussion on tumblr and then like a year later somebody likes the post and I look to see if they're a bot and nope they just read it and are obsessed with it for the moment

#My post about narrative framing in The Broken Earth gets a note every month or two #Today somebody's obsessed with The Time Machine by H G Wells #eilooxology

[angeloftheodd]

I just learned that H. G. Wells first coined the term “time machine” with his novella, The Time Machine. 🕰️ Since then, “time machine” has been used to describe any vehicle or device that purposely travels time (fictional or otherwise). I also learned that The Time Machine is considered to be a steampunk novel. ⚙️ Thank you, Wikipedia!

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[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

Story's Book Blurbs #1: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (1895, Britain)

"To sit among all those unknown things before a puzzle like that is hopeless. That way lies monomania. Face this world. Learn its ways, watch it, be careful of too hasty guesses at its meaning. In the end you will find clues to it all."

A time traveler communicates the story of his venture into the far future with the use of his time machine to an audience of his skeptical contemporaries. His story is fantastical, but contrary to expectations of advancement and idealism, his tale paints a much grimmer picture of mankind's fate.

Themes

Inequality, wealth disparity and widening class divides

Industrialization and technological advancement

The interplay of intelligence and change

Evolution

The endurance of gratitude

Personal enjoyment : 4/5

I enjoyed this book for a number of reasons - mainly that I am a big fan of time travel stories in general, and this one is one of the originals - in fact, most time travel stories after this point are modeled in some way off of this book (the term "time machine" was in fact, coined by its title!). It has all the meandering intensity that you would expect from a weary and intellectual traveler attempting to tell a story no one will believe. I think that what keeps it from a higher rating is simply that I've read/watched a lot of time travel stories (which in turn are largely based on this one), so none of the twists were quite so shocking or held as much emotional weight as I'm sure they would if I'd read this first.

Who should read this book?

If you are looking to read anything by Wells, read this one first. It was his first published success, and it was the foundation for his later works and time travel stories as a whole. If you have any interest in classic fiction, or if you are interested in reading the original time machine story, you should also check it out. I recommend looking a little into the historical context and a bit about the author to gain a fuller appreciation for it.

#storyrambles #story's book blurbs #the time machine #h g wells

[zippocreed501]

FROM THE B-MOVIE BADLANDS...

...images from the lost continent of cult films, b-movies and celluloid dreamscapes

H G Wells SF/fantasy film adaptations

Are you a Martian, Mr Kipps? A traveller from the past perhaps or some dystopian future?  How about a crude amalgamation of man and beast? You certainly aren't of the Invisible variety, are you? What, you're a socialist?  My God man, the sheer shame of it all!

Island of Lost Souls (1932)The Invisible Man (1933)Things to Come (1936) The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1937) The War of the Worlds (1953) The Time Machine (1960) First Men in the Moon (1964) The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)

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[reasonably-annoyed-fog]

some more screenshots from Time Machine - The Journey Back

from top to bottom:

Carl Sagan sitting in the time machine during the shooting of COSMOS

George and David reunited. the documentary includes a scene between them as a quasi-sequel to the movie set years after George's departure

Michael J Fox in the time machine for a promo of Back To The Future

director George Pal, years after shooting The Time Machine, finally taking a seat in the titular time machine himself for the first time

#The Time Machine 1960 #Michael J Fox #Rod Taylor #George Pal #science fiction #h g wells

[zagan-akerman]

Inktober Día 14 - Los Morlocks

Debo confesar que estaba horriblemente asustado. Decidí encender otra cerilla y escapar amparado por la claridad. Así lo hice, y acreciendo un poco la llama con un pedazo de papel que saqué de mi bolsillo, llevé a cabo mi retirada hacia el estrecho túnel. Pero apenas hube entrado mi luz se apagó, y en tinieblas pude oír a los Morlocks susurrando como el viento entre las hojas, haciendo un ruido acompasado como la lluvia, mientras se precipitaban detrás de mí.

#illustration #inktober #inktober2023 #ink #black and white #zagan akerman #nicolas garcia barrera #the time machine #la maquina del tiempo #h g wells #morlocks

[glenhannah]

Retro spotting: Old stories with arresting new covers.

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[olivrsm]

#the time machine #h. g. wells #science fiction #retro

[trauermaerchen]

I got into reading again this year and read 30 books this month so these are my top 5 ig (in the order i read them)

1. "No Longer Human" by Osamu Dazai

I can confidently say I normally hate first person books but it just worked so well in here – I enjoyed every second of it. It's very character focused and a quick read so if you enjoy this kind of story I think you'll like this one.

2. "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

I don't want to write too much in here (I wrote a lot more on goodreads but that was very spoilery so yk) so I'm just going to say that I loved the portrayal of apathy and thought the ending was very fitting. I liked it for very similar reasons as "No Longer Human" and think a similar demographic would enjoy it.

3. "Carmilla" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Lesbian vampires, what more do you want? I was surprised by how explicitly gay it was.

4. "The Island of Dr. Moreau" by H. G. Wells

This booked honestly started an obsession with H. G. Wells for me so there's that – I finally read this after seeing it recommended for Hannibal fans and I can't say I'm disappointed. I was unsure if I'd like the diary style at first but it actually ended up not bothering me. I thought the concept was fascinating and while I didn't think the body horror was particularly horrifying, I think it was quite well done and really enjoyed reading about the "science" behind it.

5. "The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells

I actually just finished this one today and I loved it – it's the perfect mix between science fiction and horror elements for me. Cannibalism and communism? Count me in.

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[yruvyhi]

H.G. Wells - A Character Analysis [Bsd 55 minutes]

In the last scene, we see Wells meeting up with Atsushi. She thanks him for saving her life as well as preventing the catastrophe from occurring.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WELLS AND ATSUSHI

One aspect of their relationship strikes me the most. Wells trusted Atsushi despite knowing next to nothing about him. She sends him back to the past since she couldn’t go back herself. Even though Atsushi was a literal stranger to her, she didn’t doubt him once before sending him back. He might as well be a criminal and take advantage of the second chance that was granted to him, for all we know, as he had done nothing notable before her to convince her that he was indeed a good person. But Wells trusted him, may it be because of hurry or may be because he was the only option available to her at the moment, or just straight up plain intuition, we do not know. However, for a European intelligence military engineer who had met a lot of people, there sure was something in him which made her realise that he was indeed a good person, just as how Dazai saw it in him. Just a thought: may be it was his eyes, as eyes as considered to be doorways to one’s soul, just as how Atsushi knew that she wasn’t the terrorist by looking at her stone cold blue eyes in the surveillance camera. It is indeed to say that their relationship and bond of trust is something to be kept in mind.

 “I owe you one.”

Unlike most other light novels, the writing style of 55 minutes is very different, and very interesting to read. It has an open ending, which further allows us to speculate as to what might have happened later on. It’s a very personal opinion, but the last scene kind of left an empty hole in my heart, a solemn, comforting feeling of solitude resided within me. With her practically evaporating into thin air, I felt that Wells would never return, leaving us yearning for more of her presence, like a drug. I got greatly attached to her character, and felt a deep sense of sympathy towards her. She was labelled as an international terrorist, despite her only intention of wanting to save others. She was misunderstood, her actions misinterpreted and no one believed her. So her only option was to run away and hide, which further only fuelled the suspicions regarding her. Despite everything, she was still determined to save others, even if it meant to put her own life on the line and ruin her own reputation. In the first timeline, she killed the island manager as she thought that he was the culprit and obliterating him would save the lives of four million people, even though it would tarnish her own image. In the second timeline, in order to catch the real perpetrator, she even got herself stabbed in the process. Despite not being physically very strong, she was a very intelligent an determined woman who was willing to go up to any extent in order to save others – a trait I find similar to that of Dazai, he too doesn’t back off from using underhanded methods if it means it would result in the eventual good and save human life.

“I should be on my way to the next catastrophe. As I will continue to do until I draw my last breath and am forgotten in the flow of time.”

The incident on the Standard Island and her sheer strong will to save others from the destruction caused by the device ‘Annihilation’ may be considered as a way of atonement for her own crime of creating the device in the first place (another part of her that I find similar to that of Dazai, as he too is on the side that ‘saves’ people as a form of reparation for his past crimes and promise to his friend). However, she says that she will ‘continue’ to prevent catastrophe until she draws her last breath – this further proves the fact that she indeed has a strong will to save others despite it being any situation, whether it involved something that she created or not. She emphasizes on the fact that she would only save people where a ‘catastrophe’ was supposed to occur, meaning she wouldn’t really deal with a situation which wasn’t large scale destructive in nature, leaving it to be dealt by others, and her ability would help her in her mission, despite the conditions being very stringent.

 ‘….forgotten in the flow of time.’

- Those were her last words before she vanished into thin air. Now the question arises – why did she way this?

Wells’ ability allowed her to reverse time uptil 55 minutes, however she could no longer use it on herself since she could only use it once on someone. Now, if she used it on someone other than herself, she herself would no longer retain the memories once time was reversed. From this story, we get a little more insight on what actually are abilities in the first place. We are given information that abilities evolve and their capabilities increase, as we have seen in the case of Gab while using Wells’ ability. However, as time passed, the skill itself got separated from the user and caused irreversible destruction. Now if that were to happen to Wells, with her time-reversing ability, it undoubtedly would result in a devastating situation. Maybe, Wells had predicted that something similar might occur in the future and that her ability itself would result in her ultimate demise. With an ability as powerful as hers, it is safe to say that almost anything can happen.

 HYPOTHESIS

She also says that she ‘owes him one.’ Meaning, the fact that Atsushi helped her to prevent the catastrophe to be brought about by the device of annihilation, she would repay him back this favour. Given that she only took part to prevent catastrophic disasters which was capable of destroying many lives, we can assume that there is a chance that she might make an appearance in the future (manga/light novels). In the manga of the main series, we see that the vampire infection outbreak is considered as a catastrophic event. Now it might be that Wells makes an appearance to return the favour to Atsushi. Reversing back time only upto 55 minutes, we don’t really know what could be accomplished. Also, since she had already used her ability on Atsushi once, she would have to use it on someone else.

 P.S. WELLS IS STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL :)

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