Classics Challenge: THE TIME MACHINE

It feels like it's been forever since I finished THE TIME MACHINE. Which is kind of bad, considering I'm sitting down to write my "cumulative" review of the book.
To be honest, I can't say I liked it. While the concept of the story: a man inventing a time machine and coming back to tell of his adventures (and then vanishing!), was fantastic...
The future H.G. Wells painted was something I couldn't accept.

Maybe it comes down to my core beliefs or maybe my imagination is lacking. Either way, I couldn't allow myself to really enjoy the book because I found this future world the Time Traveler visited so unbelievable.
And I'm not talking in a good way.
But if you like scifi novels with lots of telling (hey, it was a style back then) and an intriguing (if slow) premise, give THE TIME MACHINE a try. Unfortunately, it wasn't for me.

Classics Challenge: Mid-Month Udpate

The Time Machine is one interesting book so far.
By interesting, I actually mean I don't want to live in H.G. Wells' idea of Earth in year 802,701. Luckily, that's 800,685 years away. So chances of that happening are very unlikely. 

Halfway through the book, the basics are as follows:
The Time Machine consists of a man (who is our narrator) listening to the Time Traveler (this is literally his "name" in the book) tell his story. The first chapter was a lot of theoretical science, dimensional talk, which I totally sort of skimmed. 
After this, though, the story picks up. The Time Traveler shows up to dinner with guests (of which our narrator is so conveniently present). Except the Time Traveler is worse for wear. He's bloody, limping, and covered in dust.
Thus, the real story begins. The future world consists of child-like people? that are about four feet tall, lazy, and not that intelligent, the Elloi. So far I've only gotten glimpses of the other race, Morllocks. They're described as being white and very ape-like.
And, courtesy of my dad's spoiler... I know that the Morlocks eat the Elloi. What?
Now I'm just waiting for this to actually happen.
I do have to admit I have a hard time taking H.G. Wells' idea of the future because it's so adverse to what I believe it would be (foremost that I don't believe in evolution so the concept of these weird "people" really stretches my imagination). But I'm interested to see where the story goes! Things look like they're picking up. 
Plus the book is only like 109 pages long. So, finishing the book isn't too much of a challenge!

Classics Challenge: H.G. Wells

"The past is but the past of a beginning." ~H.G. Wells
Before today, the most I knew of H.G. Wells (or shall we say Herbert George Wells) was the (female) character in the SyFy network's show, Warehouse 13. In this post, all that changes.
Wells is another English author, born in 1866. As a child, Wells was often ill. At seven-years-old he suffered an accident that left him bedridden for months. His parents feared he wouldn't make it to adulthood.
In his early teen years, Wells worked as a draper's assistant--a job he despised. He longed to continue his education and did so after winning a scholarship to Normal School of Science.
After graduating college, in 1895, Wells published the novel that makes him a well-known author, even today: THE TIME MACHINE.
THE TIME MACHINE became an overnight success and led to the writing of his other works, science fiction and and nonfiction alike.

Writerly Things to Learn from H.G. Wells:

1. Hard work can get you what you want. Wells came from a poor, working-class family, but his determination to receive a formal education earned him a scholarship. Don't give up on your dreams!

2. Branch out. Wells didn't stay in the science fiction rut. He branched out to nonfiction, other types of fiction, and produced movies of his books!