An idea that has fascinated mankind for all eternity. The shear idea of voyaging through the fabric of time is both an intriguing and exhilarating thought. Throughout time, many author's have closely predicted the future through their novels, and who's to say H.G. Wells wont follow the proverbial footsteps of these authors with The Time Machine? Is the idea to far fetched? The time traveler in the story didn't think so, all though others didn't agree. But who can predict the future? Maybe we have already been visited by people from the future and don't even know it. This book is a wonderful look at the questions time travel raises, and I will elaborate on this great novel in the coming paragraphs. The time machine takes place in the nineteenth to twentieth century, or the present time somewhere on Earth. That is, at first. The time traveler as he is refereed to in this book, quickly decided to leave for another time frame. This time frame unfortunately being in the extremely far future year of 802,700. Nothing in this time frame is the same as his, he might as well be a caveman. This time period seemed very intriguing, with a culture that has reached a state of utopia, or so it would seem. He would find that everything isn't perfect, seeing as his only link back to his own time period had quickly been severed. There are only a few characters in this novel. The first one we meet is of course the main character, the time traveler himself. We also meet the people he associated himself and shares his discoveries with. Two that we hear about the longest are Filby, who is a red haired man who is very argumentative and has a return comment for every one made, and the psychologist, who is a mellow, not very objective person. these two characters almost contrast each other personality wise. The main character in the story is a very interesting one to say the least. He has qualities that make for a truly diverse individual.