Excellant read. Recommended for go-it-alone survivalists. ~~"The Mysterious Island (Signet Classics)"

The Mysterious Island (Signet Classics)

Jules Verne
Signet Classics
Sales Rank: 2742530

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 Excellant read. Recommended for go-it-alone survivalists., 1998-11-04

I never knew this book existed until I found out about it at amazon.com. Otherwise, I would have devoured it a long time ago. Robinson Crusoe was a book I loved and wished would never come to an end and The Mysterious Island is written in the same vein. The beginning of the book seemed to move along slowly for me but towards the middle and ever after, I couldn't put the book down. There were a number of things in the beginning that I felt were a bit unbelievable but forgivable. Maybe that is because I was never very good at building things as these men are. If you are an engineer type, this book could be a real inspiration. Later on in the book, the adventurers (an exceptional lot) have more and more unexplainable things happen to them and I guess that is what kept me glued. That and the delight of making it totally on ones own in an island wilderness. I liked how the group of five stuck together and got along so well. Even helping others out. Isaac Asimov comments at the end were very insightful and helped to shed some light on our human response to this type of book.

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