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By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:46:16 +0000

Zanzibar was a book by Micheal Morpurgo, set on Bryher in the Scilly Isles.
Just a guess?

By: Jim from Zanzibar

Jim from Zanzibar — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:32:05 +0000

Paul,
I’m afraid not.
Fan as I am of the Muppets, it was the only TV I ever saw at college, we are talking literature here….

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:22:36 +0000

Does it have anything to do, in the words of Gonzo the muppet, with being off to Zanzibar to see the Zanzibarbarians?

By: Jim from Zanzibar

Jim from Zanzibar — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:01:21 +0000

Good try Dick.

My good friends Ruth & Tony even gave me a copy of this book thinking they had cracked it… but no.

Neither is it anything to do with a Michael Morpurgo book, ‘The Wreck of the Zanzibar’…but could Mr Morpurgo have been inspired by another literary vessel, the same one that inspired me?

Sorry Chris… the Seven Seas of Rye maybe?

It’s already stumped the fine ladies of the Tunbridge Wells Grove Book group, but I’m sure Intheboatshed readers will soon be there…

Jim van den Bos

By: Gavin Atkin

Gavin Atkin — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:31:09 +0000

We’ll have to ask Jim. I’ve never heard him express an interest in the literary works of Freddie M, but anything’s possible

By: Chris Partridge

Chris Partridge — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:50:09 +0000

Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar. Does that count as a literary ref?

By: Gavin Atkin

Gavin Atkin — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:36:26 +0000

That’s a nice idea – though only Jim can confirm it.

Not being especially an SF fan, I remember reading one of John B’s novels only once. What I do remember about him is the late-night hospitality he and his wife used to offer musicians playing at the South Petherton Folk Festival. Great parties, and kind people…

Gav

By: Dick

Dick — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:20:43 +0000

? Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner, a SF novel about overpopulation, in which the entire world’s population could be stood on the island. I believe that today, we could all just about stand on the Isle of Wight, incredible as it seems. At 1sq ft / head, 1 sq mile = ~ 28 million of us, so 6 billion = 214 sq miles or about 10 miles x 20, about the size of the IoW…