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.