- Paperback: 152 pages
- Publisher: Signet (MM); Reissue edition (July 1 1988)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451521919
- ISBN-13: 978-0451521910
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.5 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 109 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,213,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Library Journal
Like the Hugo and the James above, this is being published to tie in with a recent film adaptation. It nonetheless offers a high-quality hardcover at a reasonable price.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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“The Island of Dr. Moreau takes us into an abyss of human nature. This book is a superb piece of storytelling.”
—V. S. Pritchett
From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
—V. S. Pritchett
From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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ON February the First 1887, the Lady Vain was lost by collision with a derelict when about the latitude 1'S. and longitude 107'W. Read the first page
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ON February the First 1887, the Lady Vain was lost by collision with a derelict when about the latitude 1'S. and longitude 107'W. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Moral values meet man made MONSTERS!,
By Loki Xombi "Nox" (Alberta, ED Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Island of Dr. Moreau (Paperback)
H.G Wells really knew how to write a sci-fi book with insight and style; The Island of Dr. Moreau has tons of both. Truly, Wells was far ahead of his time.The story starts off with Robert Prendick sailing across the Atlantic, possibly in the Caribbean, heading back to England. The captain of the ship, drunk and out of his mind, has Prendick thrown overboard. Alone, in the ocean, with no chance of survival, Prendick gives up hope and waits to die. Remarkably, a small ship arrives just in time, and they bring Prendick aboard. Among the crew of his rescuers is a small man, covered in fur, with sharp teeth and off-colored eyes. Strange as this man might be, Prendick is to weak to press the crew for an explanation on where this man has come from. The rescue party takes Prendick to a small island known to most as The Island of Dr. Moreau - the famous chemist/biologist/geneticist (as far as such men existed back in those days). Arriving on the island, Prendick finds this to be a small and not overly amazing place to inhabit while he waits for another ship from England to arrive and take him the rest of the way home. In the meantime, he is to be the good doctors guest, and is attended to by the doctor's odd, grunting, meowling servants. Prendick eventually discovers that the people inhabiting and working on the island, are in fact animal human hybrids. They were designed to be the best of both worlds: combining human intelligence with the abilities and skills of the animal kingdom. After his frightening discovery, Prendick stumbles into a commune of deformed and mildly crazy half human, half animal men living in the caves and cliffs of the island. These animal-men have a very peculiar religion based on the negation of all things animalistic: thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not eat meat...and so on. All the while, they worship their master and God, Dr. Moreau. Eventually, all @#$% breaks loose on the island, and Prendick is left to fend for himself against hords of powerful, crazed, and blood thirsty beast-men. This was a great novel that dives into the questions surrounding human morality, genetic engineering, and the ideas of the soul. I highly recommend this title.
1.0 out of 5 stars
A thoroughly unpleasant read,
By I Love a Good Mystery (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Island of Dr. Moreau (Paperback)
Horrifying, sickening, heartbreaking and gruesome. The narrator is a sad excuse for a human being. Probably the most unpleasant book I've ever read. I was hoping that all the human characters would have a painful and agonizing death. I wish I could wash this book right out of my brain.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting end-of-tale insight...,
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This review is from: The Island of Dr. Moreau (Paperback)
While this HG Wells novel is one of the least read by present day sci-fi enthusiasts, due to the high implausibility of the story involved, it does give us an interesting insight into human behavior at the end of this somewhat gruesome tale. Our hero is, at first, quite uncomfortable around the man-beasts which are present on the island, but, over time, he grows more used to their uniqueness and animalistic behaviors. When transported back to the mainland, at the stories end, he now finds that people, in their everyday activities, cause him the same unease he felt when he arrived at the island. He no longer can trust them as he once did. HG Wells identified the animal characteristics that we all possess and, at times, are in full repression of. In truth, humans are an untrustworthy lot.
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