tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post1098771260534442607..comments2024-01-30T20:01:01.316+00:00Comments on Science Fiction & Fantasy: The Time Machine by H G WellsAnthony G Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-78261152715729622932019-05-20T10:51:07.930+01:002019-05-20T10:51:07.930+01:00Also I'm worried about futureAlso I'm worried about future Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11359393097064175706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-65423335155468532992010-08-09T08:45:56.415+01:002010-08-09T08:45:56.415+01:00Thanks, I wasn't aware of that one. I am a bit...Thanks, I wasn't aware of that one. I am a bit wary of Baxter's work as I have found it to be very heavy going - and exceedingly long.Anthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-22544235175040672632010-08-09T05:08:20.222+01:002010-08-09T05:08:20.222+01:00You might want to try Stephen Baxter's sequel,...You might want to try Stephen Baxter's sequel, THE TIME SHIPS. I think he got permission from the Wells estate, even though TIME MACHINE must be public domain by now. Did England have copyright in 1895?<br /><br />-- SeattleFreeRangeAuthorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05700030633956787800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-77737486876214341622009-05-24T15:51:27.188+01:002009-05-24T15:51:27.188+01:00Yes, I think that we will be taking command of our...Yes, I think that we will be taking command of our own development in the foreseeable future, probably in ways which we don't imagine at the moment (this is generally the case in the history of major technological advances!).<br /><br />The other interesting issue is our relationship with IT, and the possibility of integrating it into our bodies.Anthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-30268724369130662462009-05-24T13:14:46.784+01:002009-05-24T13:14:46.784+01:00The Time Machine is an amazing book, especially fo...<I>The Time Machine</I> is an amazing book, especially for 1895. And it was Wells' first published book? Equally amazing. (Plus, it's short, only novella length, which I know is something you prize, Tony.)<br /><br />But we don't really have to worry about human evolution these days. We'll be directing our own genetic makeup soon enough.Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-51781721832902222692009-05-23T14:47:46.045+01:002009-05-23T14:47:46.045+01:00It's many years since I first read The Time Machin...It's many years since I first read The Time Machine and it still has a ring of truth to it. The theme of a human race devolving or evolving into a much baser form than at present is one that runs through a number of scifi stories from the early 20th Century and seems to have some support in the genetic research showing how the genome is degenrating in some groups. It was a bleak picture then, but an exciting one.The Gray Monkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243748164095781725noreply@blogger.com