WELLS, H.G.
The Island of Doctor Moreau.
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“The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain
in the world had found a voice”: H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau
Daily Express Fiction Library edition of “the ultimate science fiction novel and the ultimate horror story” (Gene Wolfe). Duodecimo, original publisher's half-cloth, top stain red, title page vignette. In very good condition.
“Often regarded as the father of modern science fiction” (Clute & Grant, 1004), Wells wrote The Island of Dr. Moreau when only 30. “A highly significant literary experiment… [that] served to reveal the potential of science fiction to couch serious questions” (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder II-1228). Of this and Wells’ other early “scientific romances,” Jorge Luis Borges once declared, “they will be incorporated, like the fables of Theseus or Ahasuerus, into the general memory of the species and even transcend the fame of their creator.” Basis for several adaptations to film, most notably in 1977 starring Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera and Richard Basehart, directed by Don Taylor. Also the 1996 film directed by John Frankenheimer starring Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis and Fairuza Balk.
The Island of Doctor Moreau.
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