========= A wonderful book that is simply far better than any film could come close to matching. We follow the adventures of the time traveler, who in the book has no name. Not sure if that was somehow significant to H.G.Wells? He is trying to convince his friends of the plausibility of time travel and how it exists and so can be moved through. they are unconvinced but unknown to them he has already built a prototype in his conservatory. Later that evening he decides to test it out and off the reader goes on what must be, even today, a wonderful and fresh adventure.
He travels to the year 802,701 A.D. where humans have become timid and only 4ft tall. They are called the Eloi and are prayed upon by cannibalistic Morlocks. He can not stand by and do nothing but he is fighting the evil Morlocks and also the apathetic Eloi.
The story is harrowing to read and this is not really captured in either of the two films. He really does capture the dread and awful situation that the gentle Eloi are in. He also meets Weena who begins to 'wake up' to their awful predicament and to stand up for herself which begins to permeate throughout the other Eloi but then the situation changes and he is thrown back to his present day. He has lost his lovely Weena and must know hunt for her and hope she is still alive.
A wonderful read and yes a book to read before you die. Very Highly Recommended.
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