Re: Time Machine revised?

On May 2, 5:59 am, djhe...@xxxxxxxxxxx (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote:
Girish <girishbhat6...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There used to be an <cough, cough> series of illustrated children's
classics with a page of prose alternating with a full page
illustration. It was in this "adapted" work that the 20/21st/22nd
century adventure took place. Still, those guys were supposed to stick
closely to the original source material!

Can you remember any of the *plot* of the 20th-century segment of
what you read? Did it have anything to do with a war?

I remember buying a copy of that a few years ago for my daughter, and
being shocked at this added bit.

Yes, there was a war, between the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern
one, as well as a world-wide flood due to global warming. They arrest
the time traveller for the crime of time travelling (which was made
illegal, for reasons I don't recall) and inform him that his machine
will be destroyed. They also confirm that other time-travellers also
met the morlocks ands saw the end of time. Then one of the 22nd
century people tries to steal the machine, saying that he'd be
worshipped as a god with his abilities in the 19th century. A fist
fight ensues, and our hero escapes.

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