#pencroft

[chernobog13]

Whichever side wins this fight is going to eat the other side for dinner.

[zoologica42]

it is important to hug your newspaper reporter (who is clearly not used to this sort of thing)

[shellyscribbles]

I do enjoy Jules Verne

I read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea earlier this year.  Reading The Mysterious Island now.

I appreciate his descriptions.  Its enough that you can visualize the scene, but not so much as to annoy. (Maybe I am the only one who gets annoyed by excessive detail?)  I am enthralled by the little unexplained events.  I read the last couple lines of the book by accident when I was checking how many pages it was, so I think I have an idea where it is going, but I love it. 

Its really cool to see Verne layout the development of civilization, too as the castaways make their own bricks and tools and even explosives. 

I also enjoy how Pencroft only cares about if any given animal is good to eat.  :)