The Island of Doctor Moreau

Inget omslag — H. G. Wells, Ricardo Abraham, Michael Page, Yasmira Cedeno, Judit Lligonya Tenas, Wayne Kyle Spitzer, Dr. John L. Flynn: The Island of Doctor Moreau (EBook, 2009, The Floating Press)

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På English

Publicerades 28 juni 2009 av The Floating Press.

ISBN:: 978-1-877527-20-3

Another visionary novel from the great science fiction writer H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau tackles the thorny issues thrown up when humankind plays God and explores notions of society and identity, bringing the mythical chimera - part human, part animal - into the age of science.

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I love how Wells holds up for reread 120+ years later. Yes, biology has run laps around this, and there's certainly a white-man's-burden subtext to this that has aged somewhat less than well. But at least he questions it, and at least he uses it as a jumping-off point into similar questions he's asked in The Invisible Man and (to my recollection) The Time Machine; what does progress do to us, what do we gain and what do we leave behind? Does The Law survive when The One With The Whip dies? Is there something inherently cultured about Man or is it all just forced onto us? Can we ever stop being the predator that devours all? Others have asked this and others will continue to ask it (SMG for one), but Wells set a baseline here that's remarkably sharp, multi-layered and, towards the end, kind of …

I love how Wells holds up for reread 120+ years later. Yes, biology has run laps around this, and there's certainly a white-man's-burden subtext to this that has aged somewhat less than well. But at least he questions it, and at least he uses it as a jumping-off point into similar questions he's asked in The Invisible Man and (to my recollection) The Time Machine; what does progress do to us, what do we gain and what do we leave behind? Does The Law survive when The One With The Whip dies? Is there something inherently cultured about Man or is it all just forced onto us? Can we ever stop being the predator that devours all? Others have asked this and others will continue to ask it (SMG for one), but Wells set a baseline here that's remarkably sharp, multi-layered and, towards the end, kind of heartbreaking. But at least it ends on a note of hope against hope. Sorry we proved you wrong, Herb.