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L'isola del dottor Moreau
by H.G. Wells
A minor classic that charts the final frontier between egotistical and superstitious Judeo-Christian belief and scientific thought. The definition of the word human, since ancient times, has been in opposition to animal--and the Torah and Bible took this tact. The far-reaching effect of Darwin's discovery is that there is no opposition there--which a thinking person can readily see in our behaviors anyway--and this disconcerts the conservative, egotistical mind, which always desires to bask in its exceptionality. Also pricks the conscience that condones vivisection and eats meat--not to mention wages war and tortures its fellow men for "information." Especially surprising here is the mockery made of religion--how Montgomery and Moreau (and Prendick, too, when he claims that the dead Moreau will "rise again")--only use it cynically to keep the "beast men" in line. Take that, C of E! Kudos to Wells for such a pointed sci. fi. allegory. It's also quite exciting and succinctly written--way ahead of its time!