The Time Machine

Recently, I read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. It was a surprisingly short book at only 94 pages, but it did have a good plot to it. The book starts out when the time traveler finishes his large time machine that he can ride on (before the book starts, he creates a smaller version). He then tries to show how it works to other scientists. They don't completely believe him, so the time traveler travels to the future to see what life is going to be like. He travels to the year 800201. There, he has to overcome challenges to get his time machine back. During this time, he creates and shares with us some theories about the creatures he is meeting. This part is told as a story to the scientists, who still don't believe him, and this is also the bulk of the story. Finally, at the end, the time traveler travels again and is never seen again. I don't think that he will ever be seen again because he could just travel back in time to near when the meeting ended so as to not worry anyone. I think that he found a time period that he liked better and went to live there. Overall, the story is well written, and actually the only science fiction book that I've liked so far. I think that this is because there is a grain of truth to the story. Because of these things, I would recommend this book to others. If I could improve on the story, I would say that it should be longer, because it is well written and interesting, but it sort of seems like it has a quick end, because he just travels again and then is never seen.