Classics Illustrated (#12) The Island of Doctor Moreau

(LibriVoxed.) Shit gets really real, really fast in this (anti-?)colonialist parable about the “white”, “pale” London-expelled Dr. Moreau and his “Beast People”. Did Dr. Moreau turn humans into the Beast People? Or did he turn animals into people? Who knows. Either way, he's a colonialist jerk. Our sensitive, trusty narrator, Prendick, feels godawful, all of the time. So did I. Really well-written. (The prof of the sf MOOC I'm taking noted that, in his day, everyone thought H.G. Wells was the shit, and we seem to have forgotten him a bit since. It's true - the writing is plain, absorbing and expressive! Really nice!)