The Time Machine (Version 3)

outstanding!

(5 stars)

I have heard about this book for many years. I listened to the narrator and finished this book in one day. I find it to be very profound, especially given the time period this was written in. it made me think. great book! a true classic that is a must read.

TIMELESS CLASSIC

(4.5 stars)

Avid Listener

An enjoyable re-visit to this old classic, a time when writers showed true, thoughtful imagination instead of just gore. Mark Nelson is always a pleasure to hear. I agree with one reviewer who mourned the lack of a sequel; and I laughed at the one who derided the book as being out of step with modern scientific and philosophic predictions--I want to sell him the Brooklyn Bridge!

Great read!

(5 stars)

Paula May

I throughly enjoyed this story! it truly is a classic masterpiece and should be enjoyed! I hadn't read this yet but had heard of it of course and was not disappointed by the praise for this story. I find it amazing that this was written so very long ago and yet still has some much to give! This is truly a timeless classic!

Incredibly Intriguing

(5 stars)

Tyler Daniel

listened to the whole thing in less than a day...just got really pulled in and wanted to know what happened next. ended up caring about his companion more than I expected and loved the way the book ended...no spoilers but it's worth the putting in the time...punn intended haha

A Fantastic Fantasy

(4.5 stars)

LoganL

(I tried to give it 5 stars, but this app won't let me.) I love how this book gets to point and presents time travel in such a surreal way. Normally I hate all time travel stories and movies because there's endless contradictions and treat only one time period as the present but this story gives a fun twist where the time traveler is suddenly distraught from time traveling and retrospectively describes his adventure to a group that includes the narrator.

(4.5 stars)

The Phantom Stranger

H.G Wells' The time machine, is an amazing tale that would stand the test of time itself..I could never get tired of this story...I collect many different versions of this book...Mark Nelson is indeed fluent & articulate, however wish he read with some emotion...if this audio book had sound effects like radio broadcast stories of the past, it would have been supreme!

A "timeless" classic before it's time.

(5 stars)

Guff

I haven't read this book since childhood, and it's one of the few books that has stuck with me, pervading my daily life at times. And now, as I go about my work, able to listen passively, I am in awe of Wells' mind. His ideas of futurism latched onto the basics of human life - love, fear, shelter, wonderment - while circumventing those base technologies we might use everyday and take for granted that he could have fumbled with for a thousand pages. Instead the traveller becomes bored in the museum in a matter of hours, presumably among future technologies. And it makes me wonder what he would have thought of the audiobook on some American dolt's cellphone. 5 stars to Wells, 5 stars to the narrator, and 5 stars to Librivox. This made my day, and will undoubtedly stoke the embers of the fire this book lit inside me so many years ago, so that it will remain burning for 800,000 years to come.

interesting Classic, with a Heavy Political Bias

(3.5 stars)

Paul L

Just finished this classic and am glad I listened to it! The story is told in the first person as a recounting by the time traveler of his recent adventure more than 800,000 years into the future. While the storyline is engaging, and indeed at times quite gripping, the saturation of social commentary becomes very on the nose at times. It became clear after a chapter or two of being in the future that this science fiction novel's purpose isn't so much to tell a good story, but rather is a vehicle for communicating the author's dislike for capitalism, and fantasy about what the future could become given what he saw as the plight of modern man (essentially, a wealthy class and a worker class). I don't mind books that have a worldview with which I disagree, on the contrary I find them very stimulating and thought provoking. But this particular specimen was so heavy with the political views of Wells as to make it less enjoyable. Plus, the ending is particularly in satisfying (just as War of the Worlds, also by Wells, is anticlimactic), garnering it 3.5 stars from me. Excellent performance though!