Evolution Island

by Edmond Hamilton

He was a scientist spurned by the scientific establishment. His theories and accomplishments ridiculed. But what if he wasn't wrong? What if everything he claimed was correct? What if he decided to turn this amazing scientific breakthrough against mankind to destroy it for ridiculing him?

Genres: Short Stories, Science Fiction

44 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2013

About the author

Edmond Moore Hamilton was a popular author of science fiction stories and novels throughout the mid-twentieth century. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was raised there and in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania. Something of a child prodigy, he graduated high school and started college (Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania) at the age of 14--but washed out at 17. He was the Golden Age writer who worked on Batman, the Legion of Super-Heroes, and many sci-fi books.

Reviews

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What if intelligent design is behind evolution, there are set paths that evolution takes, and you speed it up greatly (or reverse it all)? Are humans the closest to reach the end goal of evolution, or is there something else out there to take over after us?

Some in your face racism at the start of the story, but fairly clean when it gets going. It hasn't really aged well, but still gives an interesting look at evolution based sci-fi from the early 20th century.