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Just Room Enough Island

dmd 6y ago
The "Sizeland family". What a perfectly matched name.
hn_1234 6y ago
I see there is also something similar here , castle in an island https://www.boldtcastle.com/visitorinfo/ https://www.boldtcastle.com/visitorinfo/
- sonofgod 6y ago
  They're around 250 metres from each other. The Thousand Islands seems a completely ludicrous place that feels like a fantasy novel. Or Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Boldt+Castle+%26+Boldt+Yacht+House,+1+Heart+Island,+Alexandria+Bay,+NY+13607,+United+States/Hub+Island,+Alexandria+Bay,+NY+13607,+USA/@44.3437032,-75.9240831,18z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x4ccd393928956011:0x67988c8497b22eca!2m2!1d-75.922653!2d44.34434!1m5!1m1!1s0x4ccd393013332baf:0x40b64c50bbcd7568!2m2!1d-75.9248733!2d44.3426381!3e0 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Boldt+Castle+%26+Boldt+Yacht...
canjobear 6y ago
Do they have electricity and running water?
- watersb 6y ago
  Looks like a lot of running water to me.
warent 6y ago
What I love most about this is that there seems to be some form of nominative determinism at play here because the surname of the original owners is Sizeland, which doesn't take a big leap of the imagination to connect to their owning an island of notable size. At the very least, Sizeland is definitely an aptonym. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
dmckeon 6y ago
From the title, I was expecting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar (title from a mention in the novel of a factoid that the entire human race, standing close together, would just cover Zanzibar. Would love to see either this or Brunner’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider as well-produced films.
potiuper 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother-in-Law_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother-in-Law_Island AKA "Not enough room" island
RickJWagner 6y ago
Cool looking house. I'd have to wonder how they keep the siding in shape, though. You'd have to think waves would keep it wet, leading to rot or at least mold on the north side. Anyone got any ideas about that?

dmd 6y ago

The "Sizeland family". What a perfectly matched name.

I see there is also something similar here , castle in an island https://www.boldtcastle.com/visitorinfo/ https://www.boldtcastle.com/visitorinfo/

sonofgod 6y ago
They're around 250 metres from each other. The Thousand Islands seems a completely ludicrous place that feels like a fantasy novel. Or Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Boldt+Castle+%26+Boldt+Yacht+House,+1+Heart+Island,+Alexandria+Bay,+NY+13607,+United+States/Hub+Island,+Alexandria+Bay,+NY+13607,+USA/@44.3437032,-75.9240831,18z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x4ccd393928956011:0x67988c8497b22eca!2m2!1d-75.922653!2d44.34434!1m5!1m1!1s0x4ccd393013332baf:0x40b64c50bbcd7568!2m2!1d-75.9248733!2d44.3426381!3e0 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Boldt+Castle+%26+Boldt+Yacht...

canjobear 6y ago

Do they have electricity and running water?

watersb 6y ago
Looks like a lot of running water to me.

warent 6y ago

What I love most about this is that there seems to be some form of nominative determinism at play here because the surname of the original owners is Sizeland, which doesn't take a big leap of the imagination to connect to their owning an island of notable size. At the very least, Sizeland is definitely an aptonym. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym

dmckeon 6y ago

From the title, I was expecting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar (title from a mention in the novel of a factoid that the entire human race, standing close together, would just cover Zanzibar. Would love to see either this or Brunner’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider as well-produced films.

potiuper 6y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother-in-Law_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother-in-Law_Island AKA "Not enough room" island

RickJWagner 6y ago

Cool looking house. I'd have to wonder how they keep the siding in shape, though. You'd have to think waves would keep it wet, leading to rot or at least mold on the north side. Anyone got any ideas about that?