- Paperback: 183 pages
- Publisher: House of Stratus; New edition edition (15 Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755100743
- ISBN-13: 978-0755100743
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,044,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Book Description
In the midst of a global war, a space shuttle is sabotaged, causing it to crash into the Pacific Ocean - only one man survives. But what he encounters next may make him wish he had perished, as he finds himself stranded on a fabulous, grotesque island, inhabited by frightful creatures and ruled by the ghastly Dr Moreau. This is a place of untold horrors - a place where the future of the entire human race is being reprogrammed.
About the Author
Brian Wilson Aldiss was born in Norfolk, in 1925. He wrote his first novel, The Brightfount Diaries (1955), while working as a bookseller in Oxford. But he is perhaps better known as one of the most noteworthy voices in science fiction writing. His first work of science fiction, Non-Stop, appeared in 1958. Since then, he has written over 40 novels and 300 short stories, as well as poetry and critical works, and received all of the major science fiction awards. He has reviewed for the Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian and the Washington Post, and he has edited Science Fiction Horizons, as well as several anthologies. Brian Aldiss recently celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday and is presently working on several new books.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Format:Paperback
The first impression you get when reading the first chapters is that this novel is just a literary exercise, done only to tone up the abs of the mind.
Regardless of the aforementioned fact, it is a quite interesting novel.
The main plot and effort is to continue/start a story of Dr. Moreau's Island in a sort of degenerated proto-society composed by Dr. Moreau's experiments descendents.
In this universe the Island was real and Wells wrote not a novel about it, but a report. In the midst of an escalating World War it was rediscovered and passed along some nations hands. By the time of the story, the United States of America owns the Island and has decided to recreate partially Dr. Moreau investigation.
To say more, it would ruin the novel.
The characters all have something wrong with them, the current researcher is seriously deformed, Heather has a twisted view of the world, and some of the animals/men are really preverse and evil.
This book is just one of the reused classical sfish novels, like "Frakenstein Unbound", that Aldiss wrote to expand his bibliography and entertain many people.
Recommend the novel.
Enjoy the book and till next time,
M.I.T.H. (ManInsideTheHelm)
Regardless of the aforementioned fact, it is a quite interesting novel.
The main plot and effort is to continue/start a story of Dr. Moreau's Island in a sort of degenerated proto-society composed by Dr. Moreau's experiments descendents.
In this universe the Island was real and Wells wrote not a novel about it, but a report. In the midst of an escalating World War it was rediscovered and passed along some nations hands. By the time of the story, the United States of America owns the Island and has decided to recreate partially Dr. Moreau investigation.
To say more, it would ruin the novel.
The characters all have something wrong with them, the current researcher is seriously deformed, Heather has a twisted view of the world, and some of the animals/men are really preverse and evil.
This book is just one of the reused classical sfish novels, like "Frakenstein Unbound", that Aldiss wrote to expand his bibliography and entertain many people.
Recommend the novel.
Enjoy the book and till next time,
M.I.T.H. (ManInsideTheHelm)
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
