A Christmas present to me -- purchased from Amazon.

Neglected to make a journal entry when I finally read this in August of 2012---
I have wanted to read this story for a long time, since first seeing the movie with Michael York (I so loved him) circa 1977 (I was young but my dad liked to have me watch the weird movies with him...so, maybe only a couple years later) -- Anyway, I also enjoyed the one with Val Kilmer (weird as it was). The original story is also weird. It took a bit to get into the writing style, but once I did the book moved quickly. An enjoyable adventure story with plenty of horror, especially if you thought about any of it for too long

Going to send this out with my Movies Bookbox

the trailer

wooohoooo... innae's Movie Book Box is here!
I'll go through it and get it out to gorydetails asap...

Thanks for the fun book box!

innae's Movie Book Box is winging its way on to gorydetails...

I'm claiming this softcover from innae's Movie bookbox. (I admit that the cover-art amused me - it's a very handsome wyvern, which is not among the creatures Dr. Moreau creates; I wonder if this edition attracted some readers who hunted in vain for the dragons!)

Later: I enjoyed the story, which goes into much more detail than the films typically do (there are also the usual differences of events and characters in book/film adaptations), and which presented the fear and pathos of the beast-men. Moreau's blithe disregard of the pain he inflicts on his subjects is very disturbing, as is the description of some of his failures (including a limbless Thing of immense strength that got loose and killed several people before it was destroyed), yet his experiments and the sad results of them still fascinate. And some of the narrator's comments (especially at the end) reminded me of Swift's land of the Yahoos and Houyhnhnms.

[The TV Tropes page has some entertaining tidbits, and there are also items about the film adaptations. I've seen several of the film adaptations, but have a sentimental fondness for the 1932 Island of Lost Souls, starring Charles Laughton as Moreau, and with Bela Lugosi as the Sayer of the Law.]

I'm adding this book to the Already Been Crossed bookbox, which will be on its way to its next stop soon. Hope someone enjoys it!

Chosen from the ABC Bookbox. I have always wanted to read this book and now I will.

An excellent book. It also includes 3 chapters of the novel The Engines of Dawn by Paul Cook. Just enough to hook me!

A classic book!!