The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Critical Text of the 1896 London First Edition, with an Introduction and Appendices (Annotated H.G. Wells) - Hardcover

Wells, H. G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786401230 ISBN 13: 9780786401239

Publisher: McFarland Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

H.G. Wells (1866–1946) wrote some of the great classics of speculative fiction in English, including The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), which might be said to be about unholy genetics. The work’s biological and sociopolitical ideas are still current (such were the range and depth of Wells’ ideas).

Wells continued to work on Doctor Moreau for nearly thirty years after its initial publication in London (the New York first edition added a subtitle A Possibility), finally letting go of the work after the publication of the Atlantic Edition in 1924. Annotated by the premier Wellsian scholar, this is an exhaustive critical edition, examining the historical, medical, philosophical and literary contexts of the story.

About this title

About the Author

Leon Stover, professor emeritus at the Illinois Institute of Technology, author of numerous landmarks of intellectual history, is editor of The Annotated H.G. Wells in eight volumes (so far). He lives in Chicago. He is also the author of Science Fiction from Wells to Heinlein (2002).

Reviews

Two of Wells's sf masterpieces get the red carpet treatment here. These "critical text" editions contain the full text plus annotations, indexes, appendixes, and bibliographies. Though these editions are pricey, Wells's works deserve serious consideration. Libraries should at least stock up on a few extra budget paperback copies of Doctor Moreau to meet demand generated by a forthcoming film remake starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer.
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Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland Publishing
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786401230
• ISBN 13: 9780786401239
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 301
• Editor: Stover Leon