This holistic view of the planet he named Gaia after the Greek goddess of the Earth on the suggestion of his neighbor at the time in the English county of Wiltshire, William Golding, the author Lord of the Flies.
After four years of re-enacting The Lord of the Flies I had plenty of incentive to put as much distance between me and my home town as possible, along with a permanent loathing for calisthenics, sumo wrestling, locker rooms and anything that looked or smelled like a gym.
The premise of the show, not unlike that of Lord of the Flies, is for 40 kids to inhabit, and in many ways recreate, an abandoned town over a 40 day period.
She compared the title national poet for Wales to the conch shell in William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies.
Instead, the net's latest reality fare, a Lord of the Flies-like show titled Kid Nation, has garnered the "this is unethical and perhaps illegal" kind of chatter.
On the nonscripted side, CBS will try its luck at luring youngsters, something the network has struggled with in the past, with Kid Nation, a TV variation on Lord of the Flies, about 40 kids who create a parentless society.
But given today's rhetoric about bullying, you could be forgiven for thinking that kids today are not simply reading and watching grim, postapocalyptic fantasies like "The Hunger Games" but actually inhabiting such terrifying terrain, a world where "Lord of the Flies" meets "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, " presided over by Voldemort.
How much are we willing to make it a 'Lord of the Flies'-type situation if it all goes terribly wrong?
Between Robinson Crusoe and Lord of the Flies, the social dynamics unveiled in Survivor may well veer toward the latter.
She is currently completing a degree in English literature studying, among other books, George Orwell's Animal Farm and William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
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Because soon enough, they will be back to algebra, "Lord of the Flies" and I will wonder, once again, what to make for dinner.
But recently, Maynard's name has been attached to a slew of less successful series, including Pirate Master (Mark Burnett's pirate-themed competition show), Kid Nation (a highly controversial Lord of the Flies-style series) and Greatest American Dog (American Idol meets Big Brother--with canines).
The problems were compounded in the 2007--08 season, when Moonves tried to step out of the Murder, She Wrote mode with such shows as Swingtown (a racy look at 1970s suburban spouse-swapping), Viva Laughlin (an adapted musical dramedy about gambling) and Kid Nation (a Lord of the Flies-style reality series).
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