"H.G. Wells "The Time Machine."" Topic
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rvandusen | 22 Oct 2024 9:45 a.m. PST |
Wells short novel is an early example of post-apocalyptic fiction.The unnamed narrator invents a time machine and travels over 800,000 years into the future. There he finds civilization has ended for some unspecified reason and humanity has split into two species. It is interesting that Wells was writing at a time not long after Darwin's "On the Origin of Species and "The Descent of Man" were published and the first Neanderthal remains were uncovered and recognized as a separate hman species. |
Editor in Chief Bill | 22 Oct 2024 10:46 a.m. PST |
How does the novel compare to the movies? |
Eclectic Wave | 22 Oct 2024 10:56 a.m. PST |
There is no romance between Weena and the Traveler, and he goes farther into the future to see the end of the world as a red giant. |
robert piepenbrink | 22 Oct 2024 12:04 p.m. PST |
There must be half a dozen movie versions. All they have in common is that they're all pro-Eloi. In the book, Eloi are about as intelligent as squirrels. Not sure Time Machine is post-apocalyptic. Is the term even applicable that far into the future? Also, for all we know, Wells narrator has stopped in a deer park maintained by Morlocks. |
Stryderg | 22 Oct 2024 3:47 p.m. PST |
We're living in post-apocalyptic times, I mean that meteor really did a number on the dinos! |
Oberlindes Sol LIC | 23 Oct 2024 10:52 p.m. PST |
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robert piepenbrink | 24 Oct 2024 6:28 a.m. PST |
Good point, Stryderg. I generally peg "post-apocalypse" as forward of us, so that neither the fall of Rome or the end of the Hyborean Age qualify us, but recent enough that there are still memories or physical reminders of the present. From a gaming perspective, it seems to be a high-tech wild west with people using gear they can't replicate. If there's an actual central government, it's a dystopian novel instead. |
piper909 | 29 Oct 2024 8:39 p.m. PST |
We have Morlocks among us now, only people don't want to recognize them. |
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