Die Zeitmaschine

Eine Erfindung

taschenbuch, 106 pages

German language

Published Jan. 5, 1979 by Diogenes.

ISBN:
978-3-257-20172-7
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Der Zeitreisende, ein Träumer besessen von Reisen durch die Zeit, baut sich selbst eine Zeitmaschine und reist, sehr zu seiner eigenen Überraschung, über 800.000 Jahre in die Zukunft. Er landet im Jahr 802701: die Welt wurde von einer Gesellschaft neu geformt, die offenbar in Harmonie und Glückseeligkeit lebt. Doch als der Reisende in der Zukunft bleibt, entdeckt er eine barbarische und verderbte unterirdisches Volk.

Wells transparenter Kommentar über die kapitalistische Gesellschaft war ein sofortiger Bestseller und hat das Genre "Zeitreisen" ins Leben gerufen.

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A Classic narrated by a Treasure!

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After a couple of duff book choices recently, I plumped for classic sci-fi next and a book I probably should have read twenty-five years ago. H G Wells' The Time Machine was one of the first pairing in this year's SYNC audio giveaway (www.audiobooksync.com). Not only free but also narrated by National Treasure Derek Jacobi - what more does a girl need! I believe The Time Machine was the first time travelling novel and, for a book written almost 120 years ago, it is surprisingly accessible in both its themes and its language. Perhaps the recent emergence of steampunk has attuned me to the style because I could vividly imagine every scene as it was being described to me. Jacobi does a fantastic job of the narration bringing everything from the dining table to the Morlocks alive. I find that I prefer old books on audio because I …

Thought-provoking speculation about the future of humanity

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Content warning Not sure why I'm putting a spoiler alert on a book that's more than a century old, but hey, you might not have seen either of the movies, and even if you did, they might not have made it clear what was going on with the Morlocks and Eloi.

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