The Time Machine - H. G. Wells (4.5 of 5 Rabid Morlocks)

Yep. Another day at the copy machine. But have no fear, audio books are hear...

Have you ever had the experience of picking up a book and not remembering if you'd read it before? Such was the case with The Time Machine. I was positive that I'd seen the movie, but unsure if I'd finished the book. It wasn't until the second to last chapter that I got my answer. In the book, after playing hide and go seek with the Morlocks the scientist travels to the even more distant future to see the end of the world. It was the giant crabs on the beach of a dying world that sparked my memory. Does anyone else remember if this scene is in the movie?

Anyway, I was surprised this second time around at the large sections of political rhetoric scattered through the book. While wandering around in the museum, Wells delivers a long discourse about how the working classes and aristocracy separated. It sounded like something akin to Marx. I probably wouldn't have noticed Wells' political agenda if we hadn't spent a few weeks discussing The Island of Dr. Moreau in my Darwin class this past semester. I'm interested in reading in some of his other books. Do any of you have any recommendations?

I just checked his bibliography on Wikipedia. Looks like he wrote 50 books and at least that many short stories. Wow. I had no idea he was so prolific. The audio book that I checked out had a handful of his short stories: "The Man Who Could Work Miracles," "The Diamond Maker," and the "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid." They're all a little bit quirky, but seek some little insight about the human condition.