[HN Gopher] The Nature of the Beast: Charles Le Brun's Human-Ani...
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       The Nature of the Beast: Charles Le Brun's Human-Animal Hybrids
       (1806)
        
       Author : Petiver
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2025-11-10 04:46 UTC (5 days ago)
        
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       | echelon wrote:
       | The title made me think of this:
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ivanov
        
         | vee-kay wrote:
         | Title topic of "human animal hybrid" and fantastic artwork on
         | the linked site reminded me of the shocking-but-thrilling
         | classic book "The Island of Doctor Moreau", the 1896 science
         | fiction novel, by famous English author H. G. Wells. Terrific
         | and terrifying read for that era, and even later.
        
           | clort wrote:
           | Also, see "Moreau's Other Island" by Brian Aldiss, an updated
           | version of the classic. I found H.G.Wells writing to be very
           | dated, not that Aldiss is current (published 1980) but I
           | think it is biologically more plausible..
        
             | michaelsmanley wrote:
             | Oddly enough, I happen to be reading this book right now
             | (though my edition is titled "An Island Called Moreau"). I
             | had just finished re-reading Wells and Silvia Moreno
             | Garcia's "The Daughter of Doctor Moreau" (a re-telling of
             | the story set in colonial Mexico), and thought I'd try
             | Aldiss's version. I am still trying to decide if he wrote
             | it as a satire or not.
        
           | colechristensen wrote:
           | Indeed _The Island of Doctor Moreau_ was one of the more
           | disturbing books I 've ever read.
        
         | 01HNNWZ0MV43FF wrote:
         | I was thinking of this human-dog hybrid art
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         | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-young-family/
        
       | djmips wrote:
       | I'm getting Animorph book cover vibes.
       | https://imgur.com/gallery/all-animorphs-covers-FiRN1nt
        
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