Maybe the book I have isn't In Search of the Castaways...need to check. It's an older book, so I doubt it would have come after the movie. I actually haven't read it yet!
Looky what I found! I did read Robinson Crusoe and Swiss Family Robinson. Liked Swiss Family Robinson better - I found Robinson Crusoe horribly self indulgent and irritating. But then I was pretty young when I read it and all the philosophical meandering annoyed me. I keep intending to read it again now that I'd understand it better. Ugh...I have far too many books to reread!
Cool link!--thanks :)
I liked the rune-decoding in Journey to the Center of the Earth, too. I also liked the idea there could be lost animals/civilizations underground. Edgar Rice Burroughs and A. Merritt (The Moon Pool) also did some cool stuff with that concept. On Robinson Crusoe, I guess I liked following the progress of his technological advancement and how that replicated the history of technological progress; maybe I was focused on that and ignored the self-indulgent philosophical meandering :)
Here's the In Search of the Castaways movie I'm thinking of:
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
If you scroll down the linked page, one reviewer mentions, "I'm not entirely sure, but based on a footnote in the Verne novel THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, I believe the book this is based on is actually titled "CAPTAIN GRANT'S CHILDREN". (Anyone who knows better, please let me know!)"
I remember the movie that was done many years ago. I loved the scene where they're standing on the shore of the sea that is inside the earth. Maybe it's because I saw the movie near to when the song was released, but Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" always reminds me of that scene. I love that song!