The Water Is Wide

8 comments to The Water Is Wide

• JMP

  May 13, 2008 at 7:32 am

  This book was the inspiration for Lost. I don’t know if there is a character named “Ben” though

• Twirling

  May 13, 2008 at 9:59 am

  A few years back, I had a Jules Verne binge — plowed through about a dozen of his novels. Mysterious Island was my favorite.

  Capt. Harding, an engineer, lands on the island with nothing but a single match and a kernel of corn. With that he builds a fully-functional society. I’d like to see them try that on “Survivor”!

  And yes, there is a (sorta) equivalent to Ben on Lincoln Island.

• The Silver Fox

  May 13, 2008 at 10:10 am

  I don’t know from Lost.

  I didn’t realize Verne wrote 50-odd novels; I’ve only read 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. and maybe Earth to the Moon – I can’t be sure but I have a vague recollection of that one.

• Heather

  May 13, 2008 at 10:30 am

  Does it make me seem insane that the first thing I thought of upon seeing that map was “There is no way those water depth marks are correct” ?

• Twirling

  May 13, 2008 at 10:40 am

  I’ve also dabbled quite a bit in H.G. Wells. After that, thinking I would probably like steampunk as a genre, I tried The Difference Engine by Gibson and Sterling, which I thought was almost unbearable. _sigh_

• JMP

  May 13, 2008 at 11:05 am

  I read quite a bit of Jules Verne (and H.G. Wells) as a kid. Now I am thinking of taking up Jules Verne again, but this time I’ll read the original versions, to intrigue that part of my brain that supposedly speaks French.

• The Silver Fox

  May 13, 2008 at 11:35 am

  @Heather

  Nope, it makes you your father’s daughter.

  @Twirling

  I too tried Difference Engine and found it eminently put-downable.

  @JMP

  Should be able to find French version of Verne on line, I would think.

• Carl V.

  May 18, 2008 at 10:14 pm

  That is one fantastic map!