Kalle Kniivilä reviewed The space machine by Christopher Priest
Interesting idea, but...
2.0 stars
This is some kind of steam punk mashup of The Time Machine and The War of The Worlds. There is even a Mr. Wells in the book. The beginning is nice, with Victorian milieu and language, but there is no depth in the story and I considered abandoning the book several times. Well, I did not, so now I at least know how the story ends.