
The Island of Doctor Moreau (AmazonClassics Edition)
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Narrated by:
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Michael Page
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By:
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H. G. Wells
On an uncharted South Pacific island, the mad genius Doctor Moreau has found refuge. It’s here, away from London and the civilized world, that the scientist can conduct his experiments on animals without condemnation. When Edward Prendick, the sole survivor of a shipwreck, washes ashore, he bears witness to Moreau’s cruel research and its bloody, inevitable unraveling.
In exploring the disquieting crossroads of scientific progress and ethical responsibility, Wells’s cautionary account about the perversion of natural order rattles audiences’ sensibilities to this day.
Revised edition: Previously published as The Island of Doctor Moreau, this edition of The Island of Doctor Moreau (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
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On the plus side, this novel is visual throughout and the narration is fantastic.
Visual and dull
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Not How I Pictured It
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Sadly Dated
This is a standalone as far as I can tell. Moreau is a dark and twisted scientist who had no boundaries in any way. He experimented unchecked by any morality or even sanity. They say that brilliance is the edge of madness. Will he (the storyteller ) ever be able to get back to actual society? Or will he be trapped forever on this mad island?
***For people who like nostalgia and can think alternate history instead of just bad science :)
Science Fiction That Is Now Really Bad Impossible Science
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The Narrator was AMAZING
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Love a classic
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Scary still today. A true masterpiece
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“Island” is certainly a tarnished view of science. I don’t believe Wells was anti-science, he just had misgivings of humanity’s utilization of it.
A man finds himself shipwrecked and an unwanted guest on an island being used for dubious experiments by Dr. Moreau and his assistant. They’re engaged in a sort of forced evolution, turning animals into humans. Had this book been written fifty years later, Wells would’ve replaced genetic manipulation with vivisection as the means Moreau alters his subjects. He theorizes pain and suffering is required to becoming human.
In addition to physically changing the animals to look like humans, Moreau increases their intelligence, tries to instill a social order, and forces his morality on them.
Questionable science aside, this delves into the problematic act of animal testing and justification for inflicting pain for the betterment of humanity and other moral dilemmas.
Our House of Pain
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Just no
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