Tag: time travel
Time Traveling
Since we jumped ahead in time this morning I thought I’d talk about some of my favorite time travel novels.
My favorite time travel series is by far the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. A WWII nurse walks through magical stones and finds herself in Scotland 200 years earlier. This book has it all – love, war, death, hatred, jelousy, political intrigue…and yes, time travel.
I just read this book in January and loved it. The narrator jumped ahead and saw what the world would become. My review is here.
This book, and series, is a childhood favorite. The world of Meg, Charles, Calvin, and Mrs. Whatsit had me reading this book more than once as a kid.
I loved this outrageous book. Arthur and Ford’s galaxy tour was a laugh out loud riot. I read the first few books of the series, but never finished it. Maybe I should.
What are your favorite time travel novels?
The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
Finished 1-3-09, rating 4/5, fiction, pub. 1898
” I grieved to think how brief the dream of the human intellect had been. It had committed suicide. It had set itself steadfastly towards comfort and ease, a balanced society with security and permanency as its watchword, it has attained its hopes-to come to this at last…There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change. Only those animals partake of intelligence that have to meet a huge variety of needs and dangers.” Chapter 10
The Time Traveller built a time machine that can travel back to the past or race to the future, much to the skepticism of his friends. They did not believe him even after one night he came home, disheveled and heartbroken, and told them mankind’s fate 800.000 years in the future.
The Time Traveller had met and been accepted by the carefree and loving Eloi, who spent their days dancing and laughing. He rescued one from drowning, Weena, and they became companions. He discovered his machine was moved and in his searching found another people, the Morlocks, who lived under ground and were as dark as the Eloi were light.
The Time Traveller was there eight days and his views changed daily, allowing Wells to expound on his own world view and the state of the human condition. The story, while being interesting, also had real depth.
I am surprised at how well this novel has aged. This is the original time travel book and the sheer imagination and possibilities are impressive. It is a short classic, well worth the time and suitable for all ages, although the vocabulary could be challenging for younger readers.