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Slayermel
Aug 16, 2008 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: made-into-film, 20th-century, own, fiction, classics, mystery, 1001-books, science-fiction, kobo
I have to say that I am happy that I read this book so that I can formulate my own opinions on the book, and I have to say this is one of the very few cases where I feel the movie was actually better then the book. Not the most recent movie which came out in 2002, but the old classic made in 1960 staring Rod Taylor. I think it pretty much took the book and brought it to life adding the elements which were missing for me, allowing me to connect more with the characters.

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Nicole
Mar 01, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: 1001-list, fantasy, classics, 2009
This was a quick and easy read, and I found that it reminded me a bit of Brave New World, in the way that both Wells and Huxley paint future generations. They imply that to be content and happy, humans will loose the ability to be free thinkers and that conflict will go away. Yet both authors also seem to think that total contentment is not all it's cracked up to be and almost put forth a "be careful what you wish for" type of message. Probably more Huxley than Wells, but I though the message wa ...more
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Joanna
Nov 14, 2007 rated it liked it
Shelves: 1001, fantasy-sci-fi
Julianne
Jun 17, 2008 marked it as 1001-books-to-read
Shelves: own, classics
Catina Hadijski
Jun 25, 2009 marked it as to-read
Jayme Pendergraft
Jul 30, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 1001, 2009, 2012
Leigh Ann
Aug 02, 2009 marked it as to-read
Andrew
Jan 16, 2010 rated it it was ok
Gaijinmama
Feb 07, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction, classics, science-fiction
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Poppy
Oct 16, 2010 marked it as to-read
Rebekah
Oct 29, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classic-authors, classics
Heather
Jun 17, 2011 marked it as to-read
Chris C
Nov 30, 2011 rated it it was ok
Kristina
Dec 19, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own-kindle, kindle-freebies
Soelo
Jul 04, 2022 rated it liked it
Shelves: ebook, srchallenge, yearly
D.G.
Jan 27, 2013 rated it liked it
Shelves: classics, audiobook, science-fiction
Kim DeCina
Oct 27, 2015 marked it as to-read
Rachel N.
Jan 25, 2016 rated it liked it
Tehreem
Nov 01, 2017 marked it as to-read
Carrie
Mar 21, 2018 marked it as to-read
Kristina
Jan 07, 2020 marked it as want-to-read-overflow
Shelves: eo-personal-library
Jennifer Eklund
Jan 26, 2022 marked it as to-read
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