Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World around Cape Horn is taken from the novel "Desolation Island", although the "Acheron" replaced the Dutch 74-gun warship "Waakzaamheid", the "Surprise" replaced the "Leopard", and in the book it is Aubrey who is being pursued around the Cape of Good Hope. The episode in which Aubrey deceives the enemy by means of a raft bearing lanterns is taken from "Master and Commander", and the episode in which Maturin directs the surgery on himself, while gritting his teeth in pain, to remove a bullet is taken from "HMS Surprise". Other incidents in the film come from other books in O'Brian's series.
The Prehistory of The Far Side The Prehistory of The Far Side The Prehistory of The Far Side: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit is a book chronicling the origin and evolution of "The Far Side" (including cartoonist Gary Larson's first strip, "Nature's Way"), giving inside information about the cartooning process and featuring a gallery of Larson's favorite "Far Side" cartoons from the 1980s. Larson recounts his childhood by showing several pictures supposedly drawn by him when he was a kid. (Example: A picture of a kid sitting on a tire in pitch blackness sports the caption "I believe this is my earliest memory of riding in the