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Island of Dr Moreau, The

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Island of Dr Moreau, The, a science fiction tale by H. G. Wells, published 1896. It is an evolutionary fantasy about a shipwrecked naturalist who becomes involved in an experiment to ‘humanize’ animals by surgery. The theme was developed by Aldiss.

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