Kodicek, E. H., & Young, F. G. (1969)
https://preview.redd.it/itrxin0vusp71.png?width=760&format=png&auto=webp&s=8309b07d603b09d1c0fdb3264d808fe5cd17f0d5
Working on a paper for my world history class
My parents bought a whole bunch of Moby Books' Illustrated Classic Editions for me to pick up English when I was young, including "The Time Machine", abridged by Shirley Bogart and edited by Malvina G. Vogel, published in 1987 as the title said—so, some years before I was born, and close to the end of the Cold War.
Overall I doubt it was a good adaptation of the book given how much would have had to be cut out but what's singular about Ms. Bogart's amendments is an entire chapter (Chapter 13 in my edition), "The Golden Age of Science" in which the Time Traveller stops 300 years after the 19th century in search of something useful to bring back to the present day unlike what he found in the 803rd Century. The illustrations for this chapter are [here](https://timemachine.fandom.com/wiki/The_Time_Machine_(Great_Illustrated_Classics)).
There, he's immobilised by an "Apathy-Gas" and exposed (along with his interrogators) to a truth gas where they interrogate him on where he got his time machine, and reveal to him that time travel's been banned for centuries because people kept getting lost in time, and that the world is divided into Northland and Southland (with England eventually becoming part of Northland), bitterly locked in periodic war.
These two supernations emerged from the leaders of the world, so mired in enviornmental and humanitarian crises, turning over leadership to a quartet of academics (they're not named but appear to be two men and two women, the latter being one East Asian and one South Asian as far as the illustrations go), whose immediate descendants attempted to rule the world as a junta instead of reverting to democratic rule, whereupon war broke out between North and South.
Just as the Northland people are done explaining this to him, an assault is launched and one of the Northlanders attempts to seize the Traveller's machine to go back to the past and live like a king amongst the uneducated yokels of that time, but the Traveller brains him and throws him out of the Time Machine, going back to the 19th century empty-handed.
Anybody who's able to cast light on why such an obvious Cold War parable was thrown in, and why anyone thought it was a good idea to add a chapter to a classic most people know about, you're certainly welcome to—it appears that [Shirley Bogart had a reputation of being a rather aggressive abbreviator](https://www.fatherly.com/play/are-great-illustr
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't see people talking about this book a lot. I read this book a few years back and it deeply resonated with me. I could relate to Griffin so much that I instantly fell in love with it. I feel the book perfectly describes the human condition and what it means to have tragic things happen to you and how more often than not it cripples you forever. I'd love to hear what people who read this book thought about it.
Hey bibliophiles, So upon finishing The Left Hand of Darkness,which ended up being a great book imo, we have no Evergreen on the cards for a little while so I decide I want to host The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells.
"This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a serum to render himself invisible, and his descent into madness that follows."
Written in 1897 this bool is now in the public domain and can be found for free at Project Gutenberg. It was first run on r/bookclub back in July 2012 so it has been a while. It is only about 200 pages so we will just have 2 casual discussion check ins in January. Watch this space for the official schedule and marginalia coming soon.
I really hope you will join me :)
In about a week we will have the first discussion of H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man. This post is a place for you to put your marginalia as we read. Scribbles, comments, glosses (annotations), critiques, doodles, illuminations, or links to related - none discussion worthy - material. Anything of significance you happen across as we read. As such this is likely to contain spoilers from other users reading futher ahead in the novel. We prefer, of course, that it is hidden or at least marked (massive spoilers/spoilers from chapter 10...you get the idea).
Marginalia are you observations. They don't need to be insightful or deep. Why marginalia when we have discussions?
- Sometimes its nice to just observe rather than over analyse a book.
- They are great to read back on after you have progressed further into the novel.
- Not everyone reads at the same pace and it is nice to have somewhere to comment on things here so you don't forget by the time the discussions come around.
MARGINALIA - How to post??? - Start with general location (early in chapter 4/at the end of chapter 2/ and so on).
- Write your observations, or
- Copy your favorite quotes, or
- Scribble down your light bulb moments, or
- Share you predictions, or
- Link to an interesting side topic.
As always, any questions or constructive criticism is welcome and encouraged. The post will be flaired and linked in the schedule so you can find it easily, even later in the read. Have at it people! Happy reading 📚
Hello readers, as you may already have seen I am hosting The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells early in the new year. It is only about 200 pages so we will have just 3 discussion check-ins 5 days apart in January.
Discussion Schedule
- Jan 3rd - Start through Mr. Marvel's Visit to Iping
- Jan 8th - In the Coach and Horses through At the House in Great Portland Street
- Jan 13th - In Oxford Street through end.
Marginalia will go up tomorrow.
Happy reading fellow bibliophiles 📚
Over me, around me, closing in on me, embracing me ever nearer, was the Eternal; that which was before the beginning, and that which triumphs over the end; that enormous void in which all light and life and being is but the thin and vanishing splendour of a falling star, the cold, the stillness, the silence - the infinite and final Night of space.
The First Men in the Moon by H.G.Wells
