Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006480129
Edition: New Ed
ISBN: 0006480128
Label: Voyager
Manufacturer: Voyager
Number Of Pages: 496
Publication Date: September 11, 1995
Publisher: Voyager
Studio: Voyager

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
What if the time machine from H.G. Wells' classic novel of the same name had fallen into government hands? That's the question that led Stephen Baxter to create this modern-day sequel, which combines a basic Wellsian premise with a Baxteresque universe-spanning epic. The Time Traveller, driven by his failure to save Weena from the Morlocks, sets off again for the future. But this time the future has changed, altered by the very tale of the Traveller's previous journey.




Rating: - H.G.Wells out-Welled!
I first read this book when it was originally published in 1995 and loved it. It has sat on my bookshelf ever since along with all the books I've ever read and cannot bear to be parted from. Last week I decided it was time for a clear out and earmarked several books to be shunted off to my local charity shop. "The Time Ships" was one of them but, before I bade it farewell, I thought I would re-read it one more time. Big mistake. Disappointment is an all too familiar reaction when re-reading books ... Read More

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Rating: - if you love HG Wells, read this book!
This book is a most worthy sequel, the style is very HG Wells; the story is everything you would want a sequel to The Time Machine to be.
SB has cleverly woven in characters from British history, but also explained the mind-bending science of time travel, alternative histories and the beginning of time itself.
If you have love HG Wells then your love this book!

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Rating: - Worthy sequel to Wells's classic
Time travel has always been my favorite genre of science fiction, yet it is probably one of the hardest to get right. Aside from the science of time travel, there's the eternal paradoxes that time travel poses - such as how one can travel to the past, effect change (after all, where's the fun in traveling through time if you can't muck about with it?), and not create an impossible conundrum in the process. Wells's The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) neatly stepped around the whole problem by having ... Read More

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Rating: - Fun to read, with some interesting ideas
The first question many may ask themselves is as to whether or not an in-depth knowledge of its predecessor, H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine", is required. I think I can safely say it is not - enough background information is deposited throughout to allow you to pick up the pieces. Having said this, I would still recommend all to read the original, both for its merits as a novel and also to allow you to fully appreciate Baxter's attempts to follow Wells' writing style. Although, as other reviewers have ... Read More

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Rating: - Fun to read, with some interesting ideas
The first question many may ask themselves is as to whether or not anin-depth knowledge of its predecessor, H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine", isrequired. I think I can safely say it is not - enough backgroundinformation is deposited throughout to allow you to pick up the pieces.Having said this, I would still recommend all to read the original, bothfor its merits as a novel and also to allow you to fully appreciateBaxter's attempts to follow Wells' writing style. Although, as otherreviewers have noted, ... Read More

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