Sinossi
Sopravvissuto a un terribile naufragio, Edward Prendick approda su una sperduta isola del Pacifico popolata da strane creature. Artefice di quest'abominio è il Dottor Moreau, scienziato folle che da anni vive nel più completo isolamento, lavorando al suo inquietante progetto... Pubblicato nel 1896, "The Island of Doctor Moreau" è il primo romanzo di fantascienza a riflettere sul tema delle possibili aberrazioni derivate dalla vivisezione e dagli esperimenti di ingegneria genetica, ormai diventato un classico del genere.
- ISBN:
- Casa Editrice:
- Pagine: 192
- Data di uscita: 19-10-2017
Recensioni
Welcoming the body horror genre, paired with a classical mad scientists´ approach towards progressive research methods and creating special forms of new life, Wells shows how secret living biological weapons programs were done in the good, old, elitist days. Luckily, science has evolved and today´s Leggi tutto
This was my first time reading this classic sci-fi morality tale, and it wasn't exactly what I expected. <--not in a bad way I thought it was going to be this Island where Dr. Moreau was splicing and dicing genes and coming up with human-animal hybrids. And then this new guy was going to come along a Leggi tutto
This book stems from an idea that is at the same time thought-provoking, insane and very tangible. That is probably the reason why it is so scary. It is a classic of the victorian era, but for some reason probably not as famous as many other fictions of the “gothic” movement and indeed not as well k Leggi tutto
This 1896 sci-fi novel is one of H.G. Wells' best known works. In addition to having been printed in multiple editions since 1896, it has also been adapted for film several times. Charles Laughton, Burt Lancaster and Marlon Brando have all had their turns at starring in movies based on the novel. Of Leggi tutto
Much creepier than I expected and much smarter, The Island of Dr. Moreau , as with so much of H.G. Wells ' science fiction, addressed the ethical pitfalls of a scientific eventuality far too early to be anything other than prophetic, yet it still manages to be more entertaining than preachy. Edward Pr Leggi tutto
Citazioni
Al momento non ci sono citazioni, inserisci tu la prima!