Dr. No (novel) Dr. No (novel) Dr. No is the sixth novel by the English author Ian Fleming to feature his British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the novel in early 1957 at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape on 31 March 1958. The novel centres on Bond's investigation into the disappearance in Jamaica of two fellow MI6 operatives. He establishes that they had been investigating Doctor No, a Chinese operator of a guano mine on the fictional Caribbean island of Crab Key. Bond travels to the island and meets Honeychile
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film) being, which is "better" than the semi-human condition Moreau tried to force upon them. In closing narration, Douglas reflects on the savagery that also emerges in humans and claims that he returns to humanity "in fear". As recounted in David Gregory's documentary "Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau" (2014), the chaotic events of the making of the film quickly led to its becoming one of the most difficult and troubled productions in Hollywood history. A film version of "Dr. Moreau" had been a long-standing dream of original director Richard Stanley, who had first read