Re-read in preparation for reading The Madman's Daughter. This book gave me nightmares when I first read it 20+ years ago. I'm proud to say there were no nightmares this time, despite the neighbor's cat's best efforts to convince me it was being vivisected one dark and stormy night. Nice try, kitty....
Many will dismiss Wells' tale as a racist's fever dream, a parable that blames the failings of English imperialism on subjects who were just too beastly to be properly civilized. And it would be easy to do so. Wells was a vocal proponent of Eugenics, and the text of this book does contain passages l...
Okay, Island of Doctor Moreau is rollicking stuff: fast-moving, lurid, fun and, of course, the inspiration for the name of one of our most literate musical groups. (BTW, just think for a moment about what House of Pain were implying by calling themselves that. It's actually a pretty badass name.)It'...
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