War is hell, and the conflict tearing the world apart may be humankind's last. Set adrift on a makeshift raft in the middle of the South Pacific, the sole survivor of a sabotaged space-shuttle flight, undersecretary of state Calvert Roberts is certain his life is coming to an end. But fate intervenes, depositing him dehydrated and half starved on the beach of an uncharted island with a giant M etched into a cliff wall. At first it appears to be paradise, but Eden has a dark side: Here, Dr. Mortimer Dart is playing God. A ...
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War is hell, and the conflict tearing the world apart may be humankind's last. Set adrift on a makeshift raft in the middle of the South Pacific, the sole survivor of a sabotaged space-shuttle flight, undersecretary of state Calvert Roberts is certain his life is coming to an end. But fate intervenes, depositing him dehydrated and half starved on the beach of an uncharted island with a giant M etched into a cliff wall. At first it appears to be paradise, but Eden has a dark side: Here, Dr. Mortimer Dart is playing God. A genius geneticist who is certifiably mad, he is called Master by the unspeakable creations of his predecessor--monstrous creatures, neither human nor animal but some nightmarish hybrid. Yet as horrible as the stranded government official finds these abominations, it is the truth behind Dart's experiments that chill Roberts's blood--for it will open wide a window onto an inescapable future of emptiness, ashes, and death. One of twentieth-century science fiction's brightest luminaries, Brian W. Aldiss pays homage to one of the genre's most beloved progenitors, H. G. Wells, author of The Time Machine , The War of the Worlds , and other classics. An Island Called Moreau is a gripping near-future tale of inhuman experimentation, dystopia, morality, war, and mad science that honors and updates Wells's masterwork, The Island of Doctor Moreau .
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 173 p. Audience: General/trade. 1981 edition with DJ. Book is LIKE NEW. No marks or writing. DJ shows light wear
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Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. Review copy with review slip laid in. Good to very good with lower front corner broken with a ding. In a near fine dust jacket No markings, no bookplate. No jacket tears or chips. Jacket not price-clipped. No remainder marks.
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Fine copy in fine(-) dust jacket: just 1/4" closed tear w/ small crease to rear top edge, else a splendid copy. 8vo 8 5/8"x 5 3/8" black cloth w/ black paper boards; silver lettering on spine; 173 pgs; illus dust jacket w/ $10.95 on front flap. quotes by Roger Zelazny & Norman Spinrad on dj flaps. jacket design by Anne Winslow w/ art by Alan Magee.