H.G. Wells is one of those writers where I find that I am more interested in him than I am in his writing. Does that make me hopeless? I liked the Time Machine and the Invisible Man, but I don't love them. They are interesting as early speculative fiction and certainly interesting in the social perspective that they uncover. But interesting is not the same as moving for me, somehow.

Of the two novels, I liked the Time Machine the best. Justly famous both for being an ancestor of modern speculative fiction and for its social message about classes, it is a strong piece of writing. The Morlocks, the Eloi, the decaying world-- Wells paints a compelling picture, and I understand and appreciate the work.

The Invisible Man seemed much less developed to me. I like the way that the main character's invisibility both led to and stemmed from his questioning of moral certainty. Unfortunately the idea seemed much more developed than the story itself-- as though Wells had been bored with carrying things through.

I think that the next Wells that I pick up would be his Experiment in Autobiography. I suspect that given how much more I like his ideas than his fiction skills I may be better off with non-fiction and letters.

Both these short novels are still must-reads by virtue of their influence and historical significance. Recommended for readers of all ages. In fact, they might have gone down better with me when I was younger.

I would say a pretty good book to read. In the begining I was a little confused on all the big words in the book but i still think that it was a good book because the author lets us discover what the words meant by context clues and such things. This story will captivate you once the Time Traveller goes into the future. However someone took his time machine once he got there.He meets a woman , Weena, who is an Eloi (a creature of the future). Together they have to be careful of the carnivorous Morlocks. Can their affection for one another save them? Will the Time Traveller ever find his time machine ? Read to find out. ;]

This great book contains two of Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) best known science fiction stories, The Time Machine and The Invisible Man. In The Time Machine, which was first published in 1895, a dinner party is disrupted when the host arrives all disheveled, and telling what he found when he ventured into the far future. In The Invisible Man, which was first published in 1897, when a strange, bandaged man moves into town, tongues begin to wag. But, when strange things begin to happen, the town soon finds itself facing a nightmare in the form of an invisible man.

These books are two crowning examples of nineteenth century fantastic fiction, and are more than just fun works of science fiction. H.G. Wells believed in teaching a lesson with his stories. The Time Machine is a work of social criticism, in which Wells projects a dystopian future where the haves and have-nots have become practically separate species. The Invisible Man, on the other hand, is something of a lesson about scientists playing God, and placing themselves above normal people

Overall, I found these two stories to not just be interesting historical documents that present the thinking in late-nineteenth century Britain, but also interesting stories. These two books are rightly considered two of H.G. Wells' best, so if you want to expose yourself to the rich and interesting works of his, then this is a great book to start with. I highly recommend this book to you!

Both the endnotes and the footnotes in The Time Machine contain spoilers for plot and character. The laughably uneven footnoting of terms that appear in any dictionary as well as only slightly archaic usage is bad enough, but to explain away hints and glimpses we're given by drawing attention to them and revealing their meaning prematurely is unacceptable.

Here you get a double dose of H.G. well's rare writing talent. The man who first thought up the time travel story and the invisible man one. I'm sure that all of you out there have seen a lot of time travel and invisible man movies but none of them compares with the wit and style that the father of that genre, h. g. wells, did. You must own this book! This double book is the best thing to read on those long trips. Although, I give you pre-warning, that the time machine is written straight from the an observer but the whole story is conveyed through him telling his tale. Likewise, The invisible man, in his story, has a dialogue that lasts for four or five chapters. But, other than all that, these stories are turly creative gems that you must dig up.