The Time Machine Audiobook Free Download
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The classic and beloved adventure tale by H.G. Wells is given new life in the form of this free audiobook edition. The Time Machine is one of the greatest science fiction/fantasy adventure stories that elevated this genre to new heights. This audiobook is an essential for collectors of science fiction or those simply wanting to enjoy a classic and smartly written adventure tale.
The story revolves around a scientist that is only known as The Time Traveler. The audiobook tells his story as he travels into the far flung future, the year 802,701 AD to be exact and even further ahead. Using his time machine, the scientist is able to bear witness to the end of human civilization and even the start of the end of the world. The Time Machine story has been adapted to many mediums but has never really been improved upon. In fact, there is nothing to improve in a story that is already well written and ties all the plots perfectly. H.G. Wells helped develop the science fiction genre with this novel alone and it has stood the test of time as it is still one of the premier science fiction stories today.
In 1866, sightings of a legendary sea monster prompt a daring expedition out of New York City. Professor Pierre Aronnax, his servant Conseil, and whaler Ned Land are among the crew of the United States Navy frigate Abraham Lincoln. Though they are fearless, nothing prepares them for the "creature" itself - the Nautilus - a powerful, destructive submarine years ahead of its time. At the helm of the vessel is the brilliant Captain Nemo, who pulls the men deep into the wonders of the seas and the dark depths of his mind.
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
Presented is a two-volume collection of Wells' most celebrated classics of science-fiction and horror: The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau. This audio-enhanced version - with sound effects and musical soundtrack - combines Wells' groundbreaking exploration of time travel with his "youthful blasphemy" tale of animal and human hybrids.
When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802,701 AD, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he soon realises that this beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture - now weak and childishly afraid of the dark. But they have every reason to be afraid: in deep tunnels beneath their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity - the sinister Morlocks. And when the scientist's time machine vanishes, it becomes clear he must search these tunnels, if he is ever to return to his own era.
About the Narrator: John Banks is one of the UK's most prolific audiobook narrators, working for the likes of Big Finish, Audible, Random House and Games Workshop. He is a true multi-voice, creating everything from monsters to marauding aliens. He is also an accomplished stage and TV actor.
About the Author: Herbert George Wells was a novelist, teacher, historian and journalist, who has become known as the "father of science fiction." His works have been adapted countless times, and provided the basis for many literary and theatrical productions.
Hello everybody, I was planning on getting the audiobook for time machine and saw that audible has quite a few of them available. After having listened to the previews, I thought I'd ask here in the community, whether anyone can recommend any one of the versions? Or maybe there is a version that should be avoided. Would love to read your comments. Thanks in advance :)
An extract from the audiobook edition of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine read by Brian Cox.About the book:'Great shapes like big machines rose out of the dimness, and cast grotesque black shadows, in which dim spectral Morlocks sheltered from the glare'Chilling, prophetic and hugely influential, The Time Machine sees a Victorian scientist propel himself into the year 802,701 AD, where he is delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty and contentment in the form of the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man. But he soon realises that they are simply remnants of a once-great culture - now weak and living in terror of the sinister Morlocks lurking in the deep tunnels, who threaten his very return home. H. G. Wells defined much of modern science fiction with this 1895 tale of time travel, which questions humanity, society, and our place on Earth.
The background music is sparse and very, very old; the sound effects are rudimentary (feedback through a spring-reverb amp creates the sound of time travelling); and the acting is a bunch of us yanks trying to put on upper-class British accents. The attempt at Brit laughter around the Time Traveler's table (Haw, haw, haw!) is teeth-grinding. The Eloi sound suspiciously like prairie dogs... and giggle in the speeded-up style of the Munchkins. The acting is semi-competent, but rather undifferentiated: The Time Traveler sounds as shocked by the sight of rhododendrons as he is by the Morlocks. The performance of "Weena" is particularly distressing.
That's lost in an audio book, however, and this reading is at times oddly flat, unenthusiastic and slow-moving. If we could watch Ben Kingsley's face during the frequent pauses, this would be a tour de force. But we can't. Perhaps some would prefer this style of reading; perhaps it's even what the producers intended. It... is... a.... bit... slow... however. Three hours and twenty minutes -- the Commuter's Library unabridged reading is two and a half hours. That's a rather dramatic difference in pace.
There is a major gaffe in the first few minutes of the tape. When Wells writes about humankind's indifference to the constant passage of time, because our consciousness flows along with it, he terms this "a natural infirmity of the flesh."
As regards that legendary quality we've come to expect, let me ask you a question. Have you ever heard Leonard Nimoy sing "Proud Mary?" That happened one time when Nimoy decided to 'branch out,' and speaking for myself, that's the quality I've come to expect. If ever there was a guy who has not suffered from his association with other people's projects, it's Nimoy. This notion that Nimoy and his compatriots have been somehow held back by the people who have employed them in the past -- is downright silly.
This is a solidly professional piece of work all round - well-planned, well-performed, highly entertaining. It does not have the "star power" that fuels other versions. But while reader Ralph Cosham doesn't have the 'name,' but he's got the audiobook chops to make this clearly one of the better unabridged readings currently on the market.
If the information on the back cover is correct, what we have here is an historic recording: "Here, recorded in its entirety for the first time, is The Time Machine, the famous novel by H. G. Wells which has long been regarded as being perhaps the greatest science fiction story of them all."
H. G. Wells's sobering, thought-provoking novel is one of the greatest works of science fiction ever created--and as powerful today as when it was written. After inventing a machine that moves through time, the Traveler leaves Victorian London and goes far, far into the future. At first, the world he discovers seems peaceful and prosperous. But as he looks below the surface he realizes that things are not exactly as they first appeared.
The Time Traveller steps into his machine to embark upon an astonishing journey beyond the frontiers of time, space and the human imagination. When he emerges, he finds himself in the year 802, 7000, observing a utopian age in which creatures coexist in peace and harmony. He plans to study this society and return to his own time to implement its secrets-until he discovers that his machine, his only means of transport back to his own life, has been stolen! This remarkable piece of science fiction, published in 1895, won immediate recognition for H. G. Wells and has been called a masterpiece of the genre. ...read more Format audiobook
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