Martha's Vineyard and Lee Fierro as Mrs. Kintner. Scores of other island natives appeared in the film as extras. Later, scenes from "Jaws 2" and "" were filmed on the island, as well. In June 2005 the island celebrated the 30th anniversary of "Jaws" with a weekend-long Jawsfest. In 1977, distressed over losing their guaranteed seat in the Massachusetts General Court, inhabitants of Martha's Vineyard considered the possibility of secession from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, either to become part of another state (having received offers from both Vermont and Hawaii), reincorporating as a separate U.S. territory, or as the nation's 51st state.
An Island in the Moon inscription at the bottom of page seventeen, not in Blake's hand, reads, "a leaf is evidently missing before <ins>this</ins> one." The actual form of "An Island in the Moon" is difficult to pin down. Geoffrey Keynes classifies it as "an incomplete burlesque novel." Martha W. England compares it to an "afterpiece", one-act satirical plays which were popular in London at the time. Alicia Ostriker calls it simply a "burlesque." Peter Ackroyd refers to it as a "satirical burlesque," and also likens it to an afterpiece. Northrop Frye, S. Foster Damon and David V. Erdman all refer to it as simply