Island of Dr. Moreau

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Summary: The need for an ethics in any inquiry or research.
Review: In this allegorical novel, a shipwrecked biologist named Edward Prendick finds himself on a remote island where a physiologist named Moreau is conducting bizarre experiments in the vivisection of animals to generate new species (for no other purpose than just to do it). The way I view this novel, Moreau is doing this work simply for his own intellectual enjoyment. He sees a problem or a concept and is attempting to answer or address it. I don't think he even cares about publishing what findings he may have so that others might possibly use his results to improve the state of man. He simply doesn't care. Morality and ethics do not form a foundation for his "scientific" enquiries. And, that is the "evil" in his work.

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Summary: Chilling..... Masterful............ Unforgetable
Review: A great narrative of experiments gone wrong. A wonderful story of survival in the most impossible conditions. Highly reccomended.

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Summary: This is a good book!!!!
Review: In the book, The Island of Dr. Moreau the authordid a great job of combining suspense and action. Liek the part in the book when he is running from the evil monsters and almost gets killed.

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Summary: Wells at his best
Review: "The island of Dr. Moreau" is a work which explains in 19th century times, the ethical problems of genetical engineering, and the manipulation of animals in such a way. He has forecasted the ethical, and moral problems of today through this work

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Summary: " An Amazing Darwinian Commentary" (David Marcon-Smith)
Review: Although this book is over 100 years old, it applies as much today as it did in 1896. This fabulous tale explores the dark instinctual side of humanity. Not only is this book an amazing adventure story, it explores issues such as genetic manipulation and engineering. If you want to understand humanity, read this book!

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Summary: A masterful work of terror
Review: This is a work of consummate standing that has little to do with the recent film of the same title. It is a brilliant work, and while the writing itself is a bit dated, the ideas that it puts forth are in hot discussion today.

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Summary: Well's classic tale reread.
Review: Reading "The Island of Doctor Moreau again as an adult, I was struck by an abundance of Biblical allusions I missed when reading it as a child. Then, the monsters and gore kept me up nights staring at my closet door. Now I realize how, like Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", the novel probes man's almost instinctual urge to attain godhood. However, Well's skill as a writer is sadly unequal to his ability as a storyteller. How many times can a person use the words "singular" (meaning peculiar) and "darkling" in a hundred page novel without a washing-out of their initial effect? Not many.

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Summary: "and i go in fear"
Review: And it is with these words that the main character in Hg wells masterpiece, "the island of Dr moreau",expresses the feeling of being back in civilization. This is not a book just about being trapped on an island with a madman, but is a book about finding ourselves here in this existence and confronting and doing battle with the dual nature of animal and human in each of us. It is the struggle between social responsibilty and personal freedom, between the primal, organic impulses and the spiritual and intellectual. The conflict is eternal and inherent in what it is to be human. To negate and deny the other aspect is to live a life lacking of the full breadth of what it is to be human and to be at conflict with oneself. To live with both aspects is to live, paradoxically, with the same struggle. So here is man, as he is, doing what he can in this chaotic, crazy world,as the main character does,looking to the stars for "hope".

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Summary: A chilling cautionary tale, or a symbolic nightmare?
Review: H.G. Wells' chilling cautionary tale of man as is truly powerful literature. It kept me up nights, questioning the ethics of technology and genetic engineering, powerful subjects for a book to grapple with. A symbolic nightmare, this literary work has the flavour of gothic horror, science fiction, a classic... This is a book that has it all. If you are ready to have your thoughts provoked, this gory but meaningful tale is a top-notch choice.

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Summary: Classic alegory to genetic experiments
Review: I think, this book shows in very attractive form, how far can go the science without control. It is a warning for this age of cloning...