Desert island Autodidactus" inspired Robert Boyle, an acquaintance of Pococke, to write his own philosophical novel set on a deserted island, "The Aspiring Naturalist". Ibn al-Nafis' "Theologus Autodidactus" was also eventually translated into English in the early 20th century. Published in 1719, Daniel Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe" about a castaway on a desert island has spawned so many imitations in film, television and radio that its name was used to define a genre, Robinsonade. The novel features Man Friday, Crusoe's personal assistant. It is likely that Defoe took inspiration for Crusoe from a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk, who was rescued in
Dragons of Despair Dragons of Despair Dragons of Despair is the first in a series of 16 "Dragonlance" adventures published by TSR, Inc. (TSR) between 1984 and 1988. It is the start of the first major story arc in the "Dragonlance" series of "Dungeons & Dragons" ("D&D") role-playing game modules, a series of ready-to-play adventures for use by Dungeon Masters in the game. This series provides a game version of the original "Dragonlance" storyline later told in the "Dragonlance Chronicles" trilogy of novels. This module corresponds to the events told in the first half of the novel "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" by Margaret