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alex Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: July 2000 Posted: Oct. 29 2000, 08:57 Has anyone read A.C.Clarke's Childhood's End? There's a fragment about analogy of islands to people's minds ( in chapter 18 ): Imagine that every mind is an island surrounded by the ocean. Each of them seems to be separated from others, but as a matter of fact they are joined by the background [...] Isn't it possible that it was the inspiration for Mike to write Islands? P.S. The quotation may include some mistakes because I have just translated it into English from Polish and I'm not a good translator! Back to top

CarstenKuss Group: Musicians Posts: 362 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Oct. 29 2000, 13:44 I don't know the book. But there's a song Childhood's End by Pink Floyd (album Obscured By Clouds) which has the lines You set sail across the sea Of long past thoughts and memories... -Carsten- -------------- -Carsten- Back to top

alex Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: July 2000 Posted: Oct. 31 2000, 02:03 I don't know the song. Anyway I suppose it is more possible that Mike was inspired by this fragment of book ( isn't A.C.Clarke Mike's favourite SF writer? ). P.S. You've got to read the book- it's great! Back to top

CarstenKuss Group: Musicians Posts: 362 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Oct. 31 2000, 16:23 I will read it. And who wrote: "No Man Is An Island Entire Of Himself"? I think it was a famous philosopher. -------------- -Carsten- Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Oct. 31 2000, 21:27 I think you'll find a lot of things have been written about Islands, comparing them to people, the mind, etc. Islands the song seems like it could almost be a kind of love song to me... I have read Childhood's End...strange book really...could have influenced Mike somehow, but then it might not have done Carsten: I believe that quote comes from John Donne. It's the one that ends with somethine like "Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee" (with a lot in-between the two bits that I don't remember). Back to top

Unregistered Posted: Mar. 27 2001, 14:16 that reminds me, i must add Childhood's end and Obscured by clouds to my Collection of Kickass Stuff Back to top

CarstenKuss Group: Musicians Posts: 362 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Mar. 27 2001, 14:42 Thanks Korgscrew. Forgot to say: That album PF:OBC also has this strange, spooky feeling slowly building up over a long period of time. MO fans might like it. I sure do. -Carsten- -------------- -Carsten- Back to top

greenback Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: Mar. 2003 Posted: Mar. 31 2003, 00:00 no, when i see childhood's end, i think about misplaced childhood of Marillion. Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Mar. 31 2003, 04:39 Yeah - 'there is no childhood's end, cause you are my childhood friend' or something   Used to be into that album very much; now - not so much... still a good album and a good band. I believe there's also an Iron Maiden song called Childhood's End, but I'm not sure. Back to top

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