Read 6/25/16-6/26/16 in the War of the Worlds and other Science Fiction Classics collection by H. G. Wells. 
 I saw that last night's Svengoolie episode Island of Lost Souls was based on this, so I decided to read it right quick yesterday. I would've gotten it done before the movie came on at ten (nine central) except I had a migraine (minor one that wasn't affected by reading, though it made me go a little slower than usual), and I was disturbed by family constantly. Oh well. 
 The movie shows that Hollywood had just as much disregard for source material in 1932 as they do today. Why do they always insist on introducing a romantic angle when there isn't one in the original story and really no need for one? This was one of my gripes with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. There wasn't a woman in this story at all, but there are two in the movie in order to introduce a couple of new sub-plots. Whatever, the movie was fine, and Svengoolie's shtick was awesome as usual. 
 BERWYN! 
 As for the book, I wasn't all that impressed. The only other thing I've read from H. G. Wells is The Time Machine. That was 21 years ago, but I thought the writing was better. Or maybe I just didn't know any better when I was 16 years old? Actually, now that I think about it all I can remember about that story is something about some giant lobsters at the end. I reckon I better reread it. Regardless, some of the writing in Moreau was dry as a popcorn fart, and he could've benefited from a thesaurus a couple of times. I found myself muddling through parts of it, though the migraine and interrupting family members might have had something to do with that. 
 The story was really good, though. Wells wrote this in 1896 when vivisection was the happening thing in medical research, and a few groups started movements to get the practice outlawed. They claimed cutting living things open hurt the animals, or something like that. I tell ya, people will complain about anything. Anyway, Dr. Moreau used vivisection to make animals into humans, or the nearest facsimile thereof (shown here): 
 Yes, it's Beastman, one of my favorite Masters of the Universe characters. I don't know that any of Moreau's creatures looked exactly like this, but this kept popping into my mind whenever Wells used that particular appellation. I guess something that looked like this may have started out as a lion? Wells believed that the things that happened in this book were possible if tried, but did not support actually doing it; there's a moral responsibility that goes along with research. In fact, there's a lot of philosophy woven into this, so if you like that kind of thing you should check it out. It's the kind of stuff that weathers the test of time. Much of the philosophical stuff was missing or downplayed in the movie in favor of the horror aspect, and Wells didn't like it at all, but it's a lot easier to catch in the book if you're paying attention. Admittedly I wouldn't have been looking for it had I not been tipped off to it from a couple other reviews from friends or people I follow on here. 
 And now for the most important thing: Dr. Moreau's lab was known as the "house of pain," and this is where the hip-hop group of the same name got it's moniker! 
 Who knew Everlast was such a literary scholar? Go ahead, pack it up, pack it in, and jump around; I know you want to.