The Island of Dr. Moreau holds the distinction as being one of the few science fiction novels in my list. This story vividly describes the experiences of Edward Prendick and his observations of another man's quest to "humanize" animals by performing vivisections on them. Although Moreau succeeds in making them walk upright and gives them a grasp of human language and comprehension, they revert back to their animalistic tendencies.
When Prendick finally returns to human society, he had a hard time assimilating himself with other people.
"I could not persuade myself that men and women I met were not also another Beast People, animals half wrought into the outward image of human souls, and that they would presently begin to revert..." I cannot help but wonder, are we not all beast people inside, capable of reverting at any moment?
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