![]() The book Life of Pi contains a floating island, inhabited by a kind of meerkat that feeds on fish stunned by the fresh water in the ponds on the island (the fish being salt water species).An older example of a floating island is Scotia Moria, from the novel The Floating Island by Frank Careless.Lewis' science fiction trilogy, Perelandra, features floating islands on the surface of Venus, which play a prominent role in the storyline. The book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift features the floating land of Laputa.However, it is unclear whether this island floated in the water or in the air. ![]() The first floating island encountered in literature is the home of the four winds, Aeolia, as recounted in Homer's The Odyssey.
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