Three Men in a Boat English novel. Science-fiction author Connie Willis paid tribute to Jerome's novel in her own 1997 Hugo Award-winning book "To Say Nothing of the Dog". Her time-travelling protagonist also takes an ill-fated voyage on the Thames with two humans and a dog as companions, and encounters George, Harris, 'J' and Montmorency. The title of Willis' novel refers to the full title of the original book. Fantasy author Harry Turtledove has written a set of stories where Jerome's characters encounter supernatural creatures: "Three Men and a Vampire" and "Three Men and a Werewolf," announced to be published in "Some Time Later: Fantastic
Three Men in a Boat pirate printers. The book was translated into many languages. The Russian edition was particularly successful and became a standard school textbook. Jerome later complained in a letter to "The Times" of Russian books not written by him, published under his name to benefit from his success. Since its publication, "Three Men in a Boat" has never been out of print. It continues to be popular, with "The Guardian" ranking it No. 33 of "The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time" in 2003, and no. 25 in 2015 and "Esquire" ranking it No. 2 in the "50 Funniest Books Ever" in