Moreauvian

English Alternative forms en Dr. Moreauvian Etymology From en Moreau -v- -ian, in reference to the 1896 H.G. Wells novel The Island of Doctor Moreau and its title character, a mad scientist attempting to turn animals into humans. Adjective Playing God, particularly in attempting to blur the distinction between humans and animals. en 2008-02-19 Philip Armstrong What Animals Mean in the Fiction of Modernity Routledge 9781134245185 194 The novel's most Frankensteinian or Moreauvian project is again an exercise in 'man-making', the engineering of a new strain of hominid, the Crakers. en 2020-12-17 Steven Best Douglas Kellner The Postmodern Adventure: Science Technology and Cultural Studies at the Third Millennium Routledge 9781136368455 177 While many scientists think human cloning is possible and inevitable, others think it is likely that human clones already exist, perhaps in hideous forms where they are studied on a Moreauvian island. en 2022-09-30 Eirik Gumeny Beggars Would Ride Norway's Bravest Son Publishing House There were attractions based on the works of H.G. Wells - a laboratory where you could assemble your own Moreauvian pet, a simulator that let you grow to fifty-feet tall or five-centimeters short