false 29981 132 A shipwreck in the South Seas, a palm-tree paradise where a mad doctor conducts vile experiments, animals that become human and then "beastly" in ways they never were before--it's the stuff of high adventure. It's also a parable about Darwinian theory, a social satire in the vein of Jonathan Swift (<i>Gulliver's Travels</i>), and a bloody tale of horror. Or, as H. G. Wells himself wrote about this story, "<i>The Island of Dr. Moreau</i> is an exercise in youthful blasphemy. Now and then, though I rarely admit it, the universe projects itself towards me in a hideous grimace. It grimaced that time, and I did my best to express my vision of the aimless torture in creation." This colorful tale by the author of <i>The Time Machine</i>, <i>The Invisible Man</i>, and <i>The War of the Worlds</i> lit a firestorm of controversy at the time of its publication in 1896. 68894 book 1895 The Island of Dr. Moreau (Bantam Classics) total:3304|5:514|4:1157|3:1269|2:324|1:40| 3304 11693 4543 227 5 6 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 12:45:55 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 13:21:09 -0700 2008
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I was wary when I picked up The Island of Dr. Moreau, having for some reason not liked H.G. Wells in my younger days. I was surprised at how refreshing and strange the book was, and how well it read.

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