Kalle Kniivilä reviewed The space machine by Christopher Priest
Interesting idea, but...
2 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.