![]() There is a lot of description, just as there is in the original - some nice plot twists do get buried in long descriptions, which can be annoying as they flash past. Wells's social themes are not thrown overboard, and the original ideas and characters are developed in interesting ways. This short sequel (I think just over half the word-length of the original) doesn't shirk from trying the Wells style, but it does nail the old fashioned tone with a little help from Wells's other works. It's from the 1890s, with a vocabluary to match, and has long expository and intellectual passages. I guess Wells's original "The Time Machine" is a hard sell these days. A good read if you can take old fashioned Victorian novels. Wells's I wasn't sure what to expect, but this is pretty faithful. I wasn't sure what to expect, but this is pretty faithful. For a dollar on Amazon you can't go wrong, just don't expect anything stunning or extraordinary in any area.more He was less interested in the fate of Weena than he was in the fate of humanity, but quite naturally, these sequels by other hands have all made the attempt to rescue her from the fire with varying success.ĭoes this sequel by another hand succeed? Well, read it for yourself. It's not where he would've taken the story had he been of a mind to craft a sequel, at least I don't think so anyway. With this all said, I was acutely aware reading this novella that this was not Wells' work. He also integrates the so-called "lost chapter", The Grey Man, into the story. This author approximates Wells' voice adequately, though he also pays homage to the 2002 Guy Pearce film with an all-knowing virtual librarian. He was less interested in the fate of Weena Short and fairly sweet. ![]()
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