The Mysterious Island The Mysterious Island The Mysterious Island () is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "In Search of the Castaways", though its themes are vastly different from those books. An early draft of the novel, initially rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication, was titled "Shipwrecked Family: Marooned With Uncle Robinson," seen as indicating the influence of the novels "Robinson Crusoe" and "The Swiss Family Robinson". Verne
Tower of Despair Tower of Despair Tower of Despair is a video game published in 1984 by Games Workshop for the ZX Spectrum. A Commodore 64 version was also released. In a text-only adventure, Malnor the Demonlord of Darkness has returned to the Tower of Despair with the powerful and malicious Ring of Skulls. Roger Kean previewed "Tower of Despair" in "Crash" #9 (October 1984), saying it has "one of the most beautiful specially generated character sets yet seen on the Spectrum" noting that "the location descriptions and set pieces are atmospheric and designed to drag you screaming into the adventure". "Home Computing