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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Renard dedicates this book to H.G. Wells in a lengthy preface in which he goes overboard in his homage to Wells and also tries to explain to readers that what they are about to read is less of a thriller and more of an allegory. The story is obviously inspired by The Island of Dr. Moreau and takes those experiments of creating new forms of life by mingling man with beast to a truly horrible and gruesome level. Dr. Frederic Lerne conducts experiments with plant grafting that start with intermingling plant species, moves into creating plant/animal hybrids and ending with the final ghastly human phase. Renard fancied himself as the French Poe and his style (at least in these English translations) captures the mood and tone of Poe very well. A book that will give you nightmares to be sure. (An aside: Some have complained of the bowdlerized English translation of Renard's books. This book apparently had a sexual content to it in the original French that the prim translator censored.) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Often hailed as the best French science fiction writer of the early 20th century, Maurice Renard coined the term "Scientific Marvel Fiction" to pen a series of gripping, ground-breaking stories that owe as much to Edgar Allan Poe as they do to H.-G. Wells. Until now, Renard was best known to the English-speaking public for his thrice-filmed thriller, The Hands of Orlac. Dedicated to Wells, Maurice Renard's Doctor Lerne (1908) features a mad scientist who performs organ transplants not only between men and animals, but also with plants, and even machines. It is the first of a series of five volumes, translated and annotated by Brian Stableford, devoted to presenting the classic works of this pioneering giant of French science fiction. This volume also includes "Mr Dupont's Vacation" (1905), a story about dinosaurs returning to life, and Renard's 1909 revolutionary manifesto on "Scientific Marvel Fiction." Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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