false 15198142 850148 29981 0553214322 9780553214321 169 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168050090m/29981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168050090s/29981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29981.The_Island_of_Dr_Moreau 3.53 2742 Gulliver's Travels), and a bloody tale of horror. Or, as H. G. Wells himself wrote about this story, "The Island of Dr. Moreau 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 The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds lit a firestorm of controversy at the time of its publication in 1896. ]]> 880695 3.61 33894 2129 1895 4 2 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Feb 11 18:54:09 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 11 07:23:07 -0700 2008 more...]]>