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The Time Machine (1895) was the twenty-nine year old H.G. Wells' first real success. He went on to write other classics in science fiction, including The Invisible Man (1897), The War of the Worlds (1898) and The First Men in the Moon (1901). Wells also wrote sociological novels and non-fiction works, including his Outline of History (1920) and The Shape of Things to Come (1933).

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The Time Machine

Hi my name is Ana and I got some Questions and I would love if you could answer some of them!! 1. Where is the Time Machine held? 2.What does the Time Traveler use to strike the Morlocks?:crash: 3. How does the Time Traveler meet Weena? 4. Of what social class are the Morlocks descendants? 5.Why do the Morlocks flee from the Time Traveler in the Forest? 6.What happens to the Sun when the Time Traveler travels into the far future? 7.How Does the Time Traveler believes Time is related to Space? 8.What do the Eloi eat? 9. What do the Morlocks eat? 10.Where does the Time Traveler (TT) find artifacts from the past? 11. What kind of creatures are the Morlocks? 12.What do the Eloi call the period of the waining moon? 13.What temporarily blinds the Morlocks?:sick: 14. Where does the TT introduce his concept of time travel? 15. What Social system does the TT initially believe is in place in 802,701 AD? 16.What animal do the Morlocks resemble? 17. What scientific principle does the TT's visit to the decaying world thirty millions in the future illustrate? 18.What scientific theory developed by Herbert Spencer does "The Time Machine" combat in many ways? 19. What major social change further stratified the classes in 18th- and 19th-century England? 20. Who is known as the founder of Communism? 21. What does Weena constantly give to the TT? 22. What word did Wells most likely want the word "Eloi" to resemble? 23. Why is the TT afraid to stop the Time Machine once it is in use? :idea: 24. How does the TT first demonstrate the Time Machine? 25. Other than the narrator, which two guests are present at both dinner parties?

Posted By *Anita* at Mon 11 Aug 2008, 5:10 PM in The Time Machine || 0 Replies

Time Machine Essay

I have a week to work on this Essay and i thought i would see what some other people thought, here is the topic: The Time Machine contains a complex explanation of how humanity degenerated into the Morlocks and the Eloi of the future. Examine this theory in detail, and describe the process by which the fictional time-traveler and the real Wells determined what had happened. Which theories, and what kind of reasoning do they use? Keep in mind that the time-traveler makes an inference based on his observations; Wells, on the other hand, speculates about possible future. Thank you for any insite you can give.

Posted By hustead31 at Thu 10 Apr 2008, 11:41 AM in The Time Machine || 0 Replies

utopia/distopia?

Hallo The book is a dystopien novel but need 2 arguments why it is so! i have some ideas and i would like to discuss, and find 2 perfect arguments for my presentation on friday! My ideas: This book is a dystopien novel since it divides mankind into 2 parts who are enemies. One part who used to be the ruling one, and athieved perfection. This perfection made them happy,but it stopped there advance and made them weak. The other part are the ones who were sklaves and are still working on the mashines, they are less happy but for that they have the strength and they are carnivorous, they now are the rulers. It is a war between the 2 kinds of men. this is an idea why it is a dystopien novel! Plz correct me if iam wrong and help me to find further arguments! Thank you!

Posted By bernard at Mon 5 Nov 2007, 4:18 PM in The Time Machine || 1 Reply

Hardcover edition

Does anyone know of a nice hardcover edition? Got this one of amazon but I didnt like it; http://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Machine-New-Windmill/dp/0435120093/ref=pd_bbs_12/203-0361041-0567933?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193416880&sr=8-12 So, if you own a decent hardcover copy, please post publisher, date of publishing or ISBN. Would be much appreciated. Thanks

Posted By Nico87 at Fri 26 Oct 2007, 12:41 PM in The Time Machine || 2 Replies

Time travel?

:idea: Okay lets start a discussion here. Time travel plausible or crazy? Lets see how much life we can give this discussion.

Posted By mosimo at Mon 8 Oct 2007, 12:39 PM in The Time Machine || 6 Replies

Excellent!

Very interesting novel. A definite classic.

Posted By rtumbo at Fri 28 Sep 2007, 8:01 AM in The Time Machine || 0 Replies

Help with this book!!!

Does Anybody know what truth the time traveller is searching for in "the time machine?"

Posted By labstalama at Thu 6 Sep 2007, 7:28 PM in The Time Machine || 2 Replies

the year 802,701 AD

HEllo everybody!! i have to do a presentation about this book,tomorrow at school.... There is one thing that i don't understand... Which year is 802,701 AD?? what does AD mean? please give me a answer!!!!(or my teacher is going to ask me and i'll not know the answer:bawling: )

Posted By Nitli at Wed 30 May 2007, 9:07 AM in The Time Machine || 5 Replies

Connecting

I have a project to do for my Honors Humanities class on The Time Machine and a part of it is connecting it to another book. I haven't read anything else by H.G. Wells yet and I'm at a loss do to stress causing me not to remember any of I have ever read that is similar to The Time Machine or any of the characters. Anybody have any ideas to help me out?

Posted By NotWoodhouse at Mon 21 May 2007, 12:53 AM in The Time Machine || 6 Replies

help translating

Hi all! I'm working on translating "The Time Machine" to my language (Hebrew) but I'm having trouble with a sentence in the first paragraph (I skipped it and coming back now). Anyways, if anyone can explain it to me in a simpler manner it would be greatly appreciated. Here's the sentence: "The fire burned brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.". BTW, by glasses he means vessels not spectacles, right?

Posted By jazzman at Wed 11 Apr 2007, 4:01 AM in The Time Machine || 1 Reply

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