Re:Just Room Enough Island
by warent on Saturday May 16, 2020 @08:17PM
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What I love most about this is that there seems to be some form of nominative determinism at play here because the surname of the original owners is Sizeland, which doesn't take a big leap of the imagination to connect to their owning an island of notable size. At the very least, Sizeland is definitely an aptonym.
Re:Just Room Enough Island
by dmckeon on Saturday May 16, 2020 @08:17PM
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From the title, I was expecting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar
(title from a mention in the novel of
a factoid that the entire human race,
standing close together, would just cover Zanzibar.
Re:Just Room Enough Island
by RickJWagner on Saturday May 16, 2020 @11:01PM
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Cool looking house.
I'd have to wonder how they keep the siding in shape, though. You'd have to think waves would keep it wet, leading to rot or at least mold on the north side.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
Would love to see either this or Brunner’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider as well-produced films.
The Thousand Islands seems a completely ludicrous place that feels like a fantasy novel. Or Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Boldt+Castle+%26+Boldt+Yacht...
I'd have to wonder how they keep the siding in shape, though. You'd have to think waves would keep it wet, leading to rot or at least mold on the north side.
Anyone got any ideas about that?