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The Invisible Man
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bookshelves: victorian, suspense, science-fiction, classics
Jun 11, 2015
bookshelves: victorian, suspense, science-fiction, classics
In this famous 1897 novel by H.G. Wells, a reclusive man, swathed in layers of clothing, moves into an English inn. He's unfriendly and angry, and when a burglary occurs, people start to wonder. As well they might!
The Invisible Man is a classic read with conflicts galore: Between society and the individual. Between lust for power and wealth, and the collective good of society. Between my literary side that wanted to ruminate on themes of alienation and self-absorption...
and my nerdling side that just kept wanting to pick apart the scientific underpinnings of invisibility.
Why did the invisible man's potions and radiation work, especially on, say, dead body parts like hair and nails? Why would it stop working(view spoiler)? Especially on his hair and nails?? I don't require actual science here, just plausibility, so my mind will stop worrying at the logical problems and get back to Deep Themes like identity and isolation.
August 2015 buddy read with Jeff, Anne, Delee, Evgeny, Will, Stepheny, the Dans, Alissa, Christopher, Steve, Jess, and more...
The Invisible Man is a classic read with conflicts galore: Between society and the individual. Between lust for power and wealth, and the collective good of society. Between my literary side that wanted to ruminate on themes of alienation and self-absorption...
and my nerdling side that just kept wanting to pick apart the scientific underpinnings of invisibility.
Why did the invisible man's potions and radiation work, especially on, say, dead body parts like hair and nails? Why would it stop working(view spoiler)? Especially on his hair and nails?? I don't require actual science here, just plausibility, so my mind will stop worrying at the logical problems and get back to Deep Themes like identity and isolation.
August 2015 buddy read with Jeff, Anne, Delee, Evgeny, Will, Stepheny, the Dans, Alissa, Christopher, Steve, Jess, and more...
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Reading Progress
June 11, 2015
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June 11, 2015
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to-read
June 11, 2015
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victorian
June 11, 2015
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suspense
June 11, 2015
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science-fiction
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classics
August 10, 2015
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"“No ’ed, I tell ye. I don’t mean no manner of speaking. I mean marn ’ithout a ’ed!� ... A little procession was marching very resolutely towards the house,—first Mr. Hall, very red and determined, then Mr. Bobby Jaffers, the village constable, and then the wary Mr. Wadgers. They had come now armed with a warrant.
“ ’Ed or no ’ed,� said Jaffers, “I got to ’rest en, and ’rest en I will .�"
“ ’Ed or no ’ed,� said Jaffers, “I got to ’rest en, and ’rest en I will .�"
August 10, 2015
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49.0%
""I shall never forget that dawn, and the strange horror of seeing that my hands had become as clouded glass, and watching them grow clearer and thinner as the day went by, until at last I could see the sickly disorder of my room through them, though I closed my transparent eyelids.""
August 11, 2015
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56.0%
""I could not go abroad in snow—it would settle on me and expose me. Rain, too, would make me a watery outline, a glistening surface of a man—a bubble. And fog—I should be like a fainter bubble in a fog, a surface, a greasy glimmer of humanity.""
August 11, 2015
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Finished Reading
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rated it 5 stars
Jun 11, 2015 08:27PM
My favorite H.G. Wells novel I've read so far.
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Joe wrote: "My favorite H.G. Wells novel I've read so far."That's very encouraging to hear!
Oh yes, I can definitely relate to that internal conflict when it comes to sci-fi stories! I've been curious about this book for a while (and almost bought it at an airport bookstore recently) - looking forward to your review!
I am always impressed by the way these old scifi writers were able to pack a lot of ideas and themes in (usually) less than 200 pages. It feels like this skill is lost these days.
I can't wait for your full review!I tried not to think too hard about the science.
Carmen wrote: "I can't wait for your full review!I tried not to think too hard about the science."
Yes, I've decided it just doesn't pay here to try to analyze the science. You just have to roll with it. Now I'm trying to figure out why the main character had to be such a tool...
Evgeny wrote: "I am always impressed by the way these old scifi writers were able to pack a lot of ideas and themes in (usually) less than 200 pages. It feels like this skill is lost these days."Yes!! Less than 200 pages and no sequels! And Wells said everything he wanted to say in that space. I realize there are market forces at work with the bloated books and endless sequels we get nowadays, but it makes me view my 20th century short novels with misty nostalgia.
Tadiana � Night Owl� wrote: ". . . market forces at work with the bloated books and endless sequels we get nowadays . . ."Oh, so true!
Tadiana � Night Owl� wrote: "Wells said everything he wanted to say in that space. I realize there are market forces at work with the bloated books and endless sequels we get nowadays, but it makes me view my 20th century short novels with misty nostalgia."Me, too. I'm a love-'em-and-leave-'em sort of reader.
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Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)*
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rated it 3 stars
Hahahaha, I found it plausible.... but then I was more absorbed with the undeniable asshatness of Griffin and may have skimmed over the 'science'.
This conversation is making me want to "advance" my H.G. Wells anthology up in the "to read" queue.
had the same problem with the science
