I remember buying this book when it first came out in 1998 after reading a review of it in the Washington Post and have finally gotten around to reading it. Time travel stories and movies have always fascinated me and this story of travel to the year 2500 A.D. was no exception. In this, the protagonist discovers that the time machine of H.G. Wells was returning to London in 1999. He also learns that he is afflicted with CJD (mad cow disease) and so decides to travel to the future in hopes of a cure and then perhaps to the past (if possible) to save the love of his life who died from CJD. Well the future is not what he expected. The human population is decimated by disease, global warming, and war - there is no one left in London and it is all but gone, covered with tropical growth in a hot and humid climate. Without giving away too much of the story, as he explores this new world, he is able to piece together what happened and reflects on his past life and the mistakes he made. I was a little disappointed with the ending and sometimes the language used in the novel was a little hard to follow without using a dictionary, but overall, I would give this a mild recommendation.

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