H. G. Wells 
The Island of Doctor Moreau — A Science Fiction Classic (Complete Edition) 

The Island of Doctor Moreau is a science fiction classic, called ‘an exercise in youthful blasphemy’. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat who is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, who creates human-like beings from animals via vivisection. The novel deals with a number of philosophical themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, and human interference with nature. Herbert George Wells (1866 — 1946), known as H. G. Wells, was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games.