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Line 1: {{work}}{{Multiple Works Need Separate Pages}} ~~{{work}}~~ ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131114073536/http://pd.sparknotes.com/lit/timemachine/ '''''The Time Machine]'''''] is a classic tale of [[Time Travel]], and one of the first to use a scientific mechanism to achieve it (Wells' own ''The Chronic Argonauts'' was years earlier). Where his predecessors had used [[All Just a Dream\|visions]] to achieve the time travel, and only sent their protagonists [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]], [[H. G. Wells]] had his protagonist invent an actual time machine and travel into the far future. The story begins in [[Victorian London]] with the nameless narrator talking to his equally nameless friends, among them the Time Traveler, who casually describes his invention, and gives the assembled friends a demonstration. The next week, the Time Traveler appears, much the worse for wear, saying he has been to the year AD 802,701. Line 14: The link in the first sentence will provide you with an online version of this classic (now in the [[Public Domain]] just about [[Offer Void in Nebraska\|everywhere but Europe]]). You can also download the full text at [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/35 Project Gutenberg]. For the ''[[Choose Your Own Adventure]]'' series, see ''[[Time Machine Series]]''. ~~----~~ {{tropelist}} == The Book == * [[An Aesop]]: Don't exploit working class, or their descendants will eat your descendants (which reflects Wells' socialist views) Line 71 ⟶ 70: * [[The Great Politics Mess-Up]]: {{quote\|'''Talking ring:''' The war between East and West, which is now in its three hundred and twenty sixth year...}} * [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Paul Frees has had multiple voice acting roles and is recognizable as the voice of the [[Apocalyptic Log\|"talking rings"]]. You can also recognize Alan Young's legendary Scottish brogue in Filby (he's the voice of Scrooge [[McDuck]] in both Mickey's Christmas Carol, and [[DuckTales (1987)]]. * [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: Though the Time Traveler is referred to as "George", the machine's date indicator plate clearly reads "Manufactured by H. George Wells" meaning the Time Traveler's actual name is... [[H. G. Wells]]. * [[Named by the Adaptation]]: The Time Traveler is a addressed as "George", and his full name is visible on a plaque on the machine. Line 108 ⟶ 107: * [[Large Ham]]: See below -- [[One-Scene Wonder]] * [[Lost in Imitation]]: This film seems to really be a rather loose [[The Remake\|remake]] of the 1960 film, which itself was a somewhat loose adaptation of Wells's novel, so you can imagine how little it resembles the book in any way. * [[My Brain Is Big]]: The Uber-~~Morlock -- rather~~Morlock—rather than have the usual huge head, his brain extended down the neck and lower back. * [[Named by the Adaptation]]: Alexander Hartdegen, the Time Traveler. * [[The Lost Lenore]]: The protagonist is now entirely motivated by the loss of his love, Emma. Line 142 ⟶ 141: {{reflist}} [[Category:Science Fiction Films]] [[Category:~~Nineteenth~~Literature ~~Century~~of ~~Literature~~the 19th century]] [[Category:Hugo Award]] [[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] Line 148 ⟶ 147: [[Category:Multiple Works Need Separate Pages]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Time Machine, The}} [[Category:~~{{PAGENAME}}~~The Time Machine]] [[Category:Films of the 1960s]] [[Category:Films of the 2000s]] [[Category:Films Based on Novels]] [[Category:Film Remakes]] [[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:British Literature]]