Herbert Wells

An interesting read. The book being written in a period of industrial revolution, sees machines as fantastical but decidedly 'bad' tools. If I was to read this maybe 5 years ago I would have thought it to be far fetched. And I kind of do now, but in a different way:
1- I doubt humanity will survive that long.
2- I don't think he understood the aspects of species extinction as we do now. Of course that is due to the scientific advancement we have seen. But seeing how humans would survive off of fruits and have no need for meat is far fetched. Not that they would have any because animals all went extinct. And the villains of the story are cannibals.
There is a point in the story, when he mentions that while the overground people are the good (while they lead the underground people to turn into the monsters they are) that he sees their faults and ultimately chooses to side with them (But doesn't do anything to help them?!) due to bodily aspects, and the fact that they maintained their 'humanity' but are 'idiots'. As well as the fact that the underground folks took his machine and are a threat to him.
I could not wrap my head around this part. Also, let's face it, he saw that chick more as a pet and less of a human. Made me wonder if that is the way certain groomers see those younger than them. Of course that's another subject.
3- The 'very' young man that we see in the begining, who mentions communism as a better society, is a unique observation, that's probably not 'distinct' but definitely an 'indication' of the era. human labour was replaced by machines for the first time, leading to mass layoff and poverty. As well as the great divide between rich and poor that the new jobs created. Which explains the author's negative perception on the machine itself. But also makes you question whether he truly believes it (he didn't just say young but very young. a revolutionary dreamer kind of thinking.)
4- the choice to move to the future was interesting. Why would he go so far? Why would he not go back in time? I know this books is a classic but it definitely cries fresh meat. so many things could have been done with this aspect in that time. But the fact that he hit the target on so many things in our age, is very impressive.
last but not least. This was as I mentioned an interesting read, 3/5 ⭐.