The Swiss Family Robinson

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1. fuzztesterMar 2024
   So did, and do, many others, past and present (both wish and lived).

   We can create our own such society.

   Wanna sign up?

   Refs:

   Robinson Crusoe (book).

   The Swiss Family Robinson (book).

   I read both of them as a kid.

   The USA (country).

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2. vram22Dec 2022
   >It may be a fantasy wrought by the ending of Robinson Crusoe (which bugged me that he didn't make a sequel)

   But check out The Swiss Family Robinson. Read both Crusoe and the latter as a kid.

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3. vram22Feb 2019
   Good points and analogy :)

   The last paragraph reminds me of novels like The Swiss Family Robinson and Robinson Crusoe, which were fun reading while growing up.

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4. ehudlaAug 2016
   The Swiss Family Robinson. A children's book, about a family that has no other option but to become makers.
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5. dragonbonheurJun 2016
   These free scientific comic books, just scroll down a little for the English versions: https://www.savoir-sans-frontieres.com/JPP/telechargeables/f...

   Does God Play Dice - The new mathematics of Chaos by Ian Stewart.

   Artificial Life - The Quest for a New creation by Steven Levy

   Screw it, Just do it by Richard Branson.

   Insanely Great: The Life and Times of the Macintosh - the computer that changed everything by Steven Levy

   Manual of the Warrior of Light by Paulo Coelho.

   Every book written by Jules Verne, especially 20000 leagues under the sea.

   The Swiss Family Robinson.

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6. csoursDec 2015
   I really really like the type of Sci-Fi / Adventure Story where the protagonist engineers and builds their own world from scratch (or almost) - see My Side of the Mountain [1], The Game [2], [Conrad Stargard series][3], Swiss Family Robinson, Robinson Crusoe, etc, etc .

   So I really liked the first book in the Safehold Series [4] and I put up with the atrocious names (Zhasphar Clyntyn?!?!?) and the insipid, trite and self-congratulatory characters, and even the lead mallet subtlety of religion.

   But by God, the series has just worn me out. I was almost screaming at the last book.

   So I guess the shibboleth is the use of Zh in place of J.

   Another shibboleth: lack of space suits in Star Trek - so many issue solved just by wearing space or encounter suits.

   [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Side_of_the_Mountain (pre-teen)

   [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_to_the_Game (young adult)

   [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Stargard (polish)

   [4]Not linking to this tripe.

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