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Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science…
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I absolutely love the concept of this book. The idea that someone could make human-animal hybrids intrigued me.
Of course, typical of most humans, the characters in this story never see the hybrids as “good enough”. I do understand that one of the themes in this story is the struggle humans go through with their more “animalistic” nature. However, I’ve never understood that.
I saw the Beast Folk as better than humans, especially once they accepted who they are. I love that about animals. They don’t care what they look like or who they love. They are wholeheartedly themselves at…
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