Program Type:
Book ClubAge Group:
AdultsProgram Description
Event Details
Please join us in the Meeting Room to discuss H. G. Wells' "The Time Machine" (1895), considered one of the earliest works of science fiction. Wells advanced his social and political ideas in the story of a nameless Time Traveller who is hurtled into the year 802,701 by his elaborate ivory, crystal, and brass contraption. The world he finds is peopled by two races: the decadent Eloi, fluttery and useless, are dependent for food, clothing, and shelter on the subterranean Morlocks, who prey on them. The two races—whose names are borrowed from the Biblical Eli and Moloch—symbolize Wells' vision of the eventual result of unchecked capitalism: an upper class that would eventually be devoured by a proletariat driven to the depths.
Contact us via the email address provided for a copy of the reading and the discussion questions.
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