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The Island of Doctor Moreau is a classic work of early science fiction and one of H. G. Wells' most visionary novels. It recounts the harrowing ordeal of Edward Prendick, an Englishman who survives a shipwreck in the southern Pacific Ocean. Rescued by a man named Montgomery, Prendick finds himself on an island belonging to Dr. Moreau, formerly an eminent physiologist in London who was expelled from his homeland for his cruel vivisection experiments.
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This frighteningly prophetic tale from the progenitor of modern science fiction remains as powerful today as when it was written-more than a century ago. Firebrand activist Graham falls into a drug-induced sleep in 1897 London-and is stunned to wake in the year 2100 to a world he does not know. But the world knows him. When word spreads that the "Sleeper" has awakened, it rocks the foundations of what the planet has become: a dystopian existence...
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Open Road Media
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[2020]
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"Three classics from the science fiction master in one volume. From the incomparable H. G. Wells, this volume includes three novels of imagination, wit, and terror. The Island of Doctor Moreau : The classic tale of a man's nightmarish experience trapped on an island where a doctor conducts gruesome experiments. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth : A science fiction tale with satirical undertones about scientists who create a race of giants,...
4) The Novels of H. G. Wells Volume Two: The War in the Air, The Sleeper Awakes, and The Time Machine
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Open Road Media
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[2020]
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"Three thrilling and thoughtful works of science fiction from a literary giant. From one of the great writers and thinkers of the modern era, this volume includes three brilliant novels. The War in the Air : Filled with petrol-powered war machines, ironclads, bombardments, and espionage, this novel, a cornerstone of early science fiction, prophesied methods of warfare that would only develop later in the twentieth century. The Sleeper Awakes : After...
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