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Excelsior Hotel
Express Trains
Fiji Archipelago
floating island
Free Pratique
island voyages
Jules's social credo
Kanaka Village
Lower California
man-made island society dynamics
Marquesas islands
Nettle Trees
Nineteenth Avenue
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean exploration
Paumotu Archipelago
Queen Pomare
Saltwater
San Diego
San Francisco
Sandwich Island
science fiction
science fiction adventure
sea-going city
Serpentine River
social satire
social stratification
Solomon Islands
Sophisticated social satire
Superb
Tonga Archipelago
Town Hall
utopian societies
Vegetable Soil
Verne's satirical novels
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780710302922
- Weight: 566g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jan 1990
- Publisher: Kegan Paul
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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First published in 1990. Although one of Jules Verne's lesser known novels, as part of his 'Extraordinary Voyages' collection, there is still much to enjoy about 'The Floating Island'*. Written in 1895 towards the end of his career this is an adventure novel with elements of sci-fi. A French string quartet traveling from San Francisco to their next engagement in San Diego, is diverted to Standard Island. Standard Island is an immense man-made island designed to travel the waters of the Pacific Ocean. The wealth of residents of the island can only be measured in millions. The quartet is hired to play a number of concerts for the residents during their tour of the islands (Sandwich, Cook, Society, etc.) of the South Pacific. The island seems an idyllic paradise; however, it is an island divided in two. The left half's population is led by Jem Tankerdon and is known as the Larboardites. The right half's population is led by Nat Coverley and is known as the Starboardites. Despite the obstacles encountered on their journey, the two parties have a disagreement that threatens the future of the island itself.
Jules Verne (1828–1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. Most famous for his novel sequence, the Voyages Extraordinaires, Verne also wrote assorted short stories, plays, miscellaneous novels, essays, and poetry. His works are notable for their profound influence on science fiction and on surrealism, their innovative use of modernist literary techniques such as self-reflexivity, and their complex combination of positivist and romantic ideologies.
