The Invisible Man
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Ha… not what I expected, but when I think about it, that's good. It's really thought-out and kinda thrilling.
Audiobook. But it was interesting. the "hollow man". Sometimes a bit strange because he was strange but finally it was OK.
“I went over the heads of the things a man reckons desirable. No doubt invisibility made it possible to get them, but it made it impossible to enjoy them when they are got.” Now having finished my third foray into H.G. Wells territory after The Time Machine and the highly entertaining The Island of Dr. Moreau, I am beginning to slowly consider him one of my personal favorite creative writers of the sci-fi genre. His impact on the early roots of the genre cannot be dismissed and has proven integral to countless subsequent works. The four central works of Wells' career are each framed by fantastic premises with almost immeasurable amounts of potential concentrated within them; all of them having inspired countless adaptations or re-imaginations and becoming integral to pop-culture of the sci-fi genre. Wells' stories are so well-known at this point that you only have to read the story's title to already have a distinct outline of the story in your mind even if you have never actually read the book itself before. James Whale's wonderful and underrated 1933 adaptation of H.G. Wells' story was what caught my attention initially. The incredible implementation of special effects, many of which push modern examples of sci-fi film into the shadows, elevated what went astray during the adaptation process from H.G. Wells' writing to the film. At more than eighty-five years of age, not even once does the film make you feel like the special effects are from a very different time - maybe because the story is so timeless. But this review shouldn't be about that film, and rather about the book that inspired it (go watch it anyway if you haven't yet). Like with the other two Wells novels I have read, I feel like much of its impact has been lost in the widespread commercialization of the story. The Invisible Man has been adapted and toyed around with numerous times - James Whale, Paul Verhoeven, John Carpenter and, most recently, Leigh Whannell being the most famous examples - and the story feels so familiar that nothing about Wells' writing appears to be particularly outstanding anymore. Still, I enjoyed my time tremendously and found myself engaged and captivated by the story. The premise is more fantastic than anything else about the novel, but some of its insights into human nature and the effects of isolation and reclusion feel wonderfully embedded, never disrupting the natural flow of the story. Ultimately, it's an interesting psychological exploration of human nature clouded in a highly entertaining piece of storytelling.
Beschreibung
Beiträge
Ha… not what I expected, but when I think about it, that's good. It's really thought-out and kinda thrilling.
Audiobook. But it was interesting. the "hollow man". Sometimes a bit strange because he was strange but finally it was OK.
“I went over the heads of the things a man reckons desirable. No doubt invisibility made it possible to get them, but it made it impossible to enjoy them when they are got.” Now having finished my third foray into H.G. Wells territory after The Time Machine and the highly entertaining The Island of Dr. Moreau, I am beginning to slowly consider him one of my personal favorite creative writers of the sci-fi genre. His impact on the early roots of the genre cannot be dismissed and has proven integral to countless subsequent works. The four central works of Wells' career are each framed by fantastic premises with almost immeasurable amounts of potential concentrated within them; all of them having inspired countless adaptations or re-imaginations and becoming integral to pop-culture of the sci-fi genre. Wells' stories are so well-known at this point that you only have to read the story's title to already have a distinct outline of the story in your mind even if you have never actually read the book itself before. James Whale's wonderful and underrated 1933 adaptation of H.G. Wells' story was what caught my attention initially. The incredible implementation of special effects, many of which push modern examples of sci-fi film into the shadows, elevated what went astray during the adaptation process from H.G. Wells' writing to the film. At more than eighty-five years of age, not even once does the film make you feel like the special effects are from a very different time - maybe because the story is so timeless. But this review shouldn't be about that film, and rather about the book that inspired it (go watch it anyway if you haven't yet). Like with the other two Wells novels I have read, I feel like much of its impact has been lost in the widespread commercialization of the story. The Invisible Man has been adapted and toyed around with numerous times - James Whale, Paul Verhoeven, John Carpenter and, most recently, Leigh Whannell being the most famous examples - and the story feels so familiar that nothing about Wells' writing appears to be particularly outstanding anymore. Still, I enjoyed my time tremendously and found myself engaged and captivated by the story. The premise is more fantastic than anything else about the novel, but some of its insights into human nature and the effects of isolation and reclusion feel wonderfully embedded, never disrupting the natural flow of the story. Ultimately, it's an interesting psychological exploration of human nature clouded in a highly entertaining piece of storytelling.