In the year 2000....humanity will be split into two groups. One group will be comprised of soft-skinned little people who not only live a life of luxury, but are also highly amused by matches. The other group will devolve into some barbaric ape-like creatures who live underground and fear the light, even matches.
Actually, Mr. Wells doesn't say what year this will all occur. It doesn't really matter, though, because I thought the whole thing was kinda rubbish (to use the British term). He had the unlimited possibilities that a time machine provides, and came up with little people and hairy apes. He also came up with giant crabs for a bit later. It's all a bit boring, to be honest.
The explanations he offers for why things are this way do make a bit of sense, I admit. That is, except for the crabs, they were random and really seem kinda pointless in terms of the story. It seems like he just wanted to show off how smart he was and how imaginative he could be, but the result just wasn't very good. At least from a modern perspective.
I can't recommend this book.
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