Morlock Night

Written by K.W. Jeter

Narrated by Michael Page

JUST WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE TIME MACHINE RETURNED? Having acquired a device for themselves, the brutish Morlocks return from the desolate far future to Victorian England to cause mayhem and disruption. But the mythical heroes of Old England have also returned, in the hour of the country's greatest need, to stand between England and her total destruction.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Mar 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781469271446

K.W. Jeter

K.W. Jeter is a science fiction and horror author. Some of his works include tie-in novels for Star Trek and Star Wars.

Reviews for Morlock Night

[kslade-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

OK first "steampunk" novel. Sequel to Wells' Time Machine. Brings new elements to the story.

[delphica · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I'm not sure how to rate this, because this book was hilariously hack. It was a quick, fun read in a high camp sense. I wonder if anyone has ever done a graphic novel version of this (the fact that I'm not even interested enough to look this up probably says something), because it seems like the kind of thing that would work even better with visuals, the Edwardian guy gaping at the Morlocks swarming all over London with an "OMFG!" look. So yeah, it's a sequel to The Time Machine in which the Morlocks come back to London, and then ... you know, have to be stopped from their nefarious plans. There is also a submarine (which was confusing because where is it going to go?). It's a book where all the action just happens ... there isn't a lot of why involved, and what is there is delivered in goofy expositions. But still, it was fun and moderately interesting to see some landmarks of science fiction come together -- clearly The Time Machine continues to be influential, and this book came about in the early days of steampunk so it does feel like it connects some dots if one is into that.I also liked this quote, from the protagonist, who is one of the guys who was at the dinner in the Wells book where the inventor tells his story, and is then walking home in this book where he gets suddenly caught up in the Morlock invasion. Because who expects that, right? Anyway:"The problem with secret knowledge, I mused bitterly, is that no one ever wants to tell you any of it." So I think it's clear that Jeter is in on the winkingness of it all.