AN ISLAND CALLED MOREAU ..
by Aldiss, Brian W[ilson]
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- A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169510) (30132)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1981]. First U.S. edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169510) (30132). Octavo, cloth-backed boards. "The crew of a downed space shuttle are washed up on a remote island where dreadful experiments are in progress. A retelling of H. G. Wells's classic THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU (1896), in late twentieth-century terms." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 245. Issued earlier in Britain as MOREAU'S OTHER ISLAND (1980).
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30132
- Title
- AN ISLAND CALLED MOREAU ..
- Author
- Aldiss, Brian W[ilson]
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169510) (30132)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1981]
- Keywords
- SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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