The Hunting of the Snark of the poem as a child. Additionally, it has also been alluded to in fiction, such as "Perelandra" (1943) by C.S. Lewis; television, such as "" episode of the British TV crime drama "Lewis"; court rulings, such as in Parhat v. Gates (2008); a phenomenon in superfluidity; graph theory; geography, as a Snark Island and Boojum Rock exist in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal; Japanese animation, such as "Ghost Hound" (2007–08); and in video games, such as "Half-Life" (1998) and "American McGee's Alice" (2000). Various themes have been suggested by scholars. According to biographer Florence
Lewis Carroll opera, theatre, plays and music. Painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti reputedly became convinced that the poem was about him. In 1895, 30 years after publication of his masterpieces, Carroll attempted a comeback, producing a two-volume tale of the fairy siblings Sylvie and Bruno. Carroll entwines two plots set in two alternative worlds, one set in rural England and the other in the fairytale kingdoms of Elfland, Outland, and others. The fairytale world satirizes English society, and more specifically the world of academia. "Sylvie and Bruno" came out in two volumes and is considered a lesser work, although it has remained in