Machine Island

Author: H.G. Wells
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
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Brief Introduction to The Time Machine: The Time Traveler invents a machine that allows him to freely travel through time, both into the past and the future. He travels over 800,000 years in space in the machine, arriving in the year 802,701 AD. What awaits him is a terrifying world beyond anyone's imagination. After an adventure, the Time Traveler escapes that era and flies millions of years into the future, where he encounters yet another astonishing scene. After enduring countless hardships, he returns to the present and tells his friends about his journey. Soon after, he embarks on a second time-traveling adventure. This time, he never comes back. What remains for us is an unsolvable mystery.
Brief Introduction to The Island of Dr. Moreau: The protagonist, Edward Prendick, is shipwrecked at sea and rescued by a small trading ship. He then arrives on a desolate volcanic island. Here, Edward discovers creatures that are part human and part beast, and hears horrifying wails. Gradually, he ventures deeper into the forest, only to find that this deserted island is a laboratory for the biologist, Dr. Moreau. On this island, Dr. Moreau performs live animal dissections, transplants limbs, and modifies brains, creating a creature that is half human and half beast—a being that can speak, read, and work, yet remains unknowing. Dr. Moreau's series of experiments transforming beasts into humans triggers a series of tragedies. Although the novel belongs to the genre of science fiction, when you think about some of today's significant scientific discoveries, such as genetic engineering and cloning technology, you may realize that some of Wells' predictions are coming true.