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"First published in 1895. A French string quartet, on tour in the U.S.A., gets lost between San Francisco and Los Angeles after a coach accident. At night, they're invited by Calistus Munbar to come spend the night in his town. The following day, the members of the quartet awake in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on Standard Island, a 27 square kilometers island built for billionaires looking for comfort and peace. This floating island is impelled by huge engines and is now on his way to the Pacific islands. When Munbar offers to the French musicians a salary of one million dollar each to play for the inhabitants of the island for a year, they are more than pleased.
Standard island reaches soon the Sandwich islands, the Marquises islands and Hawaï. At each stop, the musicians visit the interior of the land. During a visit of the Cook islands, one of the musicians is made prisoner by cannibals and almost loses his life. A few days later, an English steamer brings over by night dozens of lions, tigers and panthers into the island and its inhabitants must spend a few days hunting the big cats. Near the Fidji islands, they are attacked by thousands of natives lead by the Malay Capt. Sarol tempted by the treasures hidden in Billion City. Sarol is killed but so is Standard Island's governor. Then, the population doesn't manage to choose between the billionaires Coverley and Tankerdon for the position as the new governor so that both decide to rule one half of the island. As each of them can control one of the engines that impel Standard island, their contradictory decisions about which direction to give to Standard island cause the explosion of one of the boilers. Now Standard island starts to drift towards the zone of the tornadoes."
Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 50%
Time/era of story:
- 1900-1920's
Water adventure
Yes
Water:
- on the ocean surface
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- pirate
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- money/treasure
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Pacific Islands
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
- lost at sea
Island?
Yes
Island:
- Pacific Island
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 8 or more
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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