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
Island (Huxley novel) Beatles' Real-Life Dr. Robert Had the Feel-Good Cure for Celebs" (4 September 2009), "Spinner"'s James Sullivan considers candidates for the real "Doctor Robert" referred to in the eponymous song on The Beatles' "Revolver" album: "The more literate among them might have suspected that 'Dr. Robert' came from a character of the same name in the last novel of noted LSD advocate Aldous Huxley." English band Friendly Fires named their second album and the track 'Pala', after the name of the island in the book. Island (Huxley novel) Island is the final book by English writer Aldous Huxley, published in 1962.