A01=H.G. Wells
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Arthur C Clarke
Author_H.G. Wells
automatic-update
best SF
bestseller
Category1=Fiction
Category=FL
Category=FLC
classic science fiction
Classic SF
classics
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_science-fiction
fantasy
H G Wells
horror
Isaac Asimov
Kindle best seller
Language_English
PA=Available
Philip K Dick
predictions
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
sci-fi
science
science fiction
SF
SF Masterworks
shipwreck
SN=S.F. Masterworks
softlaunch
The Ministry of Time
The Time Machine
The War of the Worlds
Ursula Le Guin
vivisection
Product details
- ISBN 9781473217997
- Weight: 182g
- Dimensions: 126 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 12 Jan 2017
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Edward Prendick is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on an island in the Pacific. Here he meets the sinister Dr Moreau, a vivisectionst driven out of Britain in disgrace. And soon strange events cause Prendick to uncover the full horror of Dr Moreau's activities on the island.
THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU mixes discussion on the divide between humans and the animal kingdom and chilling macabre horror in an unrivalled fashion. Its question on how far science should go is one that rings true today as it did when it was first published.
H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent in 1866. After working as a draper's apprentice and pupil-teacher, he won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in 1884, studying under T. H. Huxley. He was awarded a first-class honours degree in biology and resumed teaching but had to retire after a kick from an ill-natured pupil afflicted his kidneys. He worked in poverty in London as a crammer while experimenting in journalism and stories. It was with THE TIME MACHINE (1895) that he had his real breakthrough.
