The Time Machine

By: H. G. Wells

Narrated by: Alan Munro

Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

The science fiction classic that coined the term "time machine" and is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel. A must listen for any fan of science fiction!

Public Domain (P)2012 Trout Lake Media

Weirdest narrator ever

The story is a classic and I was happy to find it here for a very affordable price. However, there were several times I thought the narrator was a robot. His voice is pleasant, but ... HE ... speaksinweird ... rhythms like a ... BAD ... Shatner! Impression.

The story is a classic and one of the originals to the dystopian novel category.

Highly recommended. It’s and easy read or listen. I recommend listening at 1.25x since he has some pauses when reading.. I loved the story and I’m sad it’s over. He certainly could have made this a multi book story!

A classic? Yes and should continue to collect dust

I only rated this book so high because of its historical factor and its significance to the genre. Otherwise, this book is a waste of time. Seriously, hard to follow (and not just because of the narrator as others have critiqued), and just not that interesting. The story, in its time, was probably magical, but there are so many other options for the genre that I suggest only reading this if you want to read everything in this field; but only if you've read everything else.

As to the other commentators' critique of the narrator, they are accurate in regard to the pause, but listening at 3X speed, it is barely noticeable.

Floored

Well, Ioved it. I honestly couldn't put it down. A fantastically fun and insightful read.

my review

I thought I would b bored from this book. I'll have to say I rather enjoyed it.

Absolutely Brilliant

l should have read this book years ago. I was awed, just as
I'm sure the gentleman in the room were who would have listened to the story. The narrator was superb in telling it.
He told it so well you can you find yourself saying could it possibly be true.

A great story.

This was my first H. G. I Wells' book and first audio book outside of nonfiction. I was pleasantly suprised with the experience. I found the story to be entertaining and thought provoking, although it could have been longer and I wouldn't have minded.

Wells is always great

The story is wonderful and sublime. vivid beauty offset by visceral horror. Great. I really don't care for Alan Munro's work, as he is not very good at inflections or emoting but it doesn't take away too much from this piece.

Reads like one of those books required for school

This book was mostly boring, but considering the date the story was written its understandable. Wells' story had a bit of a lesson in it. Wells shows us threw his invention of a time machine just what our future could look like if we as a civilization choose to follow a certain path. Overall I don't think the point of this book was supposed to be science fiction I think it was probably a way to express a political viewpoint.

classic sci fi!

I really enjoyed listening to this on a long drive recently. It is fairly short, so I wasable to listen to the whole book driving from nc to va. This book works really well as an audio book because the book is a character telling a story, so you don't have to worry about character voices throwing you off.

Short and fun, this is a must read for SciFi enthusiasts as it introduced the idea of mechanized time travel (where would scifi be now without hg wells!). You have to read and appreciate this book in the context of its time, otherwise it may come off as dull and weird. I think listening to it helped me stay interested. This book explores concepts of class structure and de-evolution.