The+Time+Machine(JVD)

review by Jackson T.V.D.
 * //The Time Machine//**, H.G.Wells

I thought The Time Machine was a great book. In The Time Machine, the main character is called The Time Traveler. The Time traveler frequently hosts dinner parties during which he announces news on different discoveries. When the book starts, he is explaining physics at one of his parties, and questioning that if you are able to move in space, why aren’t you able to move in time? Then he unveils his latest discovery, a Time Machine. It had many components, most which weren’t even explained in the book. At the next dinner party, The Time Traveler was not there when all the guests arrived. Suddenly, he stormed in. He was all cut up, dirty and out of breath. His story was incredible. He had traveled to the future and was amazed at what he experienced. There were statues, strange fruits, new flowers and many gardens. The people there were little and childlike.

He lived in the future for quite a while. He met a friend there named Weena, who he saved from drowning in a river. One day, while in the future, his time machine was stolen! He was afraid to go out at night in the future, because there were mysterious places where the other people were strangely afraid of going. At one point he became adventurous and went out at night. He looked down a big hatch and discovered a huge monkey-like creature that was from a whole new race. The monkeys lived underground and were extremely afraid of light. When Time Traveler would light a match, they would scurry away. Eventually he ran out of matches.

One day, he and his friend, Weena, went to a palace filled with various tools. There were crowbars, knives, and guns, but they were ancient and didn’t work. They found grenades, which also did not work. Finally, they found more matches, which were kept dry, in a glass case. They spent the night in the woods, and made a fire. At night the creatures attacked. The Time Traveler lost Weena and the box of matches. He had an epic battle with the creatures, but when the fire took up the whole forest in flames, the creatures were frozen with fear. The time traveler got away free. He never saw Weena again. Earlier in the story he had seen some big brass doors, which he thought could possibly hold his Time Machine. With his crowbar and a couple stray matches that had fallen out of the box before he lost them, he approached the doors, which were open. He laid down his crowbar, and approached the darkness. He entered the room. The creatures started approaching him, and then he realized that he could not light his matches without the missing box. It was dark now and there was no turning back. Will he find the time machine? Will he even survive? Will the time machine still work? Will he get back home? All these questions will be answered if you read The Time Machine.

I definitely recommend this book for anyone. I really liked it. It has cliffhangers, and you want to keep reading. The characters were interesting. The Time Traveler was a man that was intrigued by the fact of time travel and didn’t give up until he succeeded in doing it. It was a very exciting book that made you wonder about the future, and what could be there. If you are looking for an exciting book, read The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells.