An Island Called Moreau

Calvert Roberts, Subsecretario del Gobierno de Estados Unidos, naufraga tras caer su nave espacial al océano. Afortunadamente, es recogido en una lancha y llevado hasta la llamada Isla de Moreau. En dicha isla gobierna con mano de hierro el llamado Amo, de nombre Mortimer Dart, que realiza experimen......more

A good sequel to the novel by Wells, in which the protagonist has heard of the first book, and discovers that it was based on true facts. It features some great lines, such as "Warfare...the perfect human excuse to exercise power, personal power as well as national" (p.68) and "Whatever terrific eve......more

While this is supposed to be a sequel to Well's Island of Doctor Moreau, it feels far more like a reworking of the original story. Its set in the not too distant future (1996), during a third world war. Our hero Calvert Mardle Roberts is a politician who's space shuttle gets shot down returning from......more

A 1981 sequel/homage to the original Island of Doctor Moreau of H.G. Wells, all I can remember of this novel is that it, like its progenitor, did little to interest me. In fact, they both made me feel kind of creeped out: I mean, why would someone want to graft different parts of different animals t......more

A Second Generation of Monsters Brian W. Aldiss’s “An Island Called Moreau” is, predictably, a distant sequel to H. G. Wells’s seminal “The Island of Dr. Moreau”. In Aldiss’s grim followup, set vaguely in the near future, humanity stands on the brink of worldwide nuclear holocaust. Calvert Roberts, a......more