Team Prospero Brainstorming Thread - Project Ten: The Great Literature Ride

[goofyyukyuk]

My sole piece of advice: if every book presented here is written by a European/North American author, you're getting a 0 for creativity.

RESEARCH IS PARAMOUNT IN THIS PROJECT!​

Alright, who’s working on the Kama Sutra section ?

 

[DashHaber]

What else would fall under adventure? It feels like those two categories could be better combined than separate

Adventure stories could include stuff like Treasure Island, The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Swiss Family Robinson.

 

[NigelChanning]

Haha I definitely see 20,000 Leagues more as sci-fi

True. I guess it was considered Sci-fi at the time and still considered Sci-fi by many today.

 

[NigelChanning]

My sole piece of advice: if every book presented here is written by a European/North American author, you're getting a 0 for creativity.

RESEARCH IS PARAMOUNT IN THIS PROJECT!​

Japanese Manga?

 

[DashHaber]

True. I guess it was considered Sci-fi at the time and still considered Sci-fi by many today.

I also consider Jules Verne to generally be science fiction. It's just his sci-fi is very grounded and generally tries to be realistic in its depictions.

 

[Outbound]

The thing about it is Science Fiction is always changing as times progress, so back in the 18th century "Steampunk" was viewed as Science Fiction.

I think it would be cool to do one Jules Verne room and one "modern" Sci-Fi. Maybe one of Isaac Asimov's books.

 

[NigelChanning]

I can definitely see how Jules Verne’s stories are viewed as Science Fiction. I’m just wondering about books that depict what we view as Science Fiction today?

 

[mickeyfan5534]

Alright, who’s working on the Kama Sutra section ?

Japanese Manga?

You joke but look at history: the first recorded novel was The Tale of Genji written by Murasaki Shikibu written in eleventh-century Japan. I want to see more than the same white authors we always see in these tributes to literature. That's what I mean when I say to do research. Great literature exists beyond the Western canon.

 

[DashHaber]

Or for a more modern author, Neil Gaiman? I'd love to see a Coraline scene in the ride (as long as we agree that we won't use Other Mother's actual form, that would be great).

Good call. Neil does a great job at delivering some creepy stuff in a way that is accessible for kids.

I'd also mention maybe Ray Bradbury, with "Something Wicked This Way Comes".

 

[montydysquith-navarro]

My sole piece of advice: if every book presented here is written by a European/North American author, you're getting a 0 for creativity.

RESEARCH IS PARAMOUNT IN THIS PROJECT!​

Anyone up doing One Thousand and One Nights section under the Adventure genre?

 

[DashHaber]

Anyone up doing One Thousand and One Nights section under the Adventure genre?

I could see that, perhaps with one of the voyages of Sinbad, or Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Perhaps "The Tale of Princess Kaguya" might be featured in the Fantasy section?

 

[Sharon&Susan]

Anyone up doing One Thousand and One Nights section under the Adventure genre?

Journey to the West would also be a great choice for Adventure.

 

[Outbound]

Looking at the map on Google Maps, it seems the only space left for a ride building is behind the Christmas Shoppe? I figure this would be the location of the literature ride then?

Yeah, the Port of Entry is a crowded area. My fear with using the Christmas Shoppe is it would create too much congestion around that area. Guests would have to go back through the funnel before leaving the park to reach the ride. That and the area is very tight: wouldn't have too much space thanks to the Cat and the Hat

So if only we have access to something that conveniently demolished the Cat and the Hat ride and provided space outside the funnel... oh wait...

PHASE TWO TIME

 

[AceAstro]

One option for “adventure”-ish is “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It follows the story of multiple generations of families. It is extremely popular in Latin America and is considered one of the greatest books of all time. The genre they use to describe it is “Magic Realism”

 

[montydysquith-navarro]

Just a thought: given the push for more BIPOC representation in the ride, I suggest that we finalize the genres we're featuring, then we assign them to a specific region of the world, It's A Small World-style. For example, Mystery/Horror can go into Europe given that majority of those kinds of books are either from there or set there, Adventure can go to Asia for the latter reason, etc.

 

[NigelChanning]

Just a thought: given the push for more BIPOC representation in the ride, I suggest that we finalize the genres we're featuring, then we assign them to a specific region of the world, It's A Small World-style. For example, Mystery/Horror can go into Europe given that majority of those kinds of books are either from there or set there, Adventure can go to Asia for the latter reason, etc.

I’m all for including pieces of literature from other corners of the world but I’m not sure we should separate them by region.

 

[goofyyukyuk]

I’m all for including pieces of literature from other corners of the world but I’m not sure we should separate them by region.

I agree, I think it might be a little too limiting given that great works from all genres usually aren’t specific to one region

 

[AceAstro]

I just went through the top 100 greatest books of all time (according to TheGreatestBooks.org) and only the one mentioned above was from a non-European/North American writer...

It’s time to dive deeper...

 

[AceAstro]

If we are having a a fantasy/ fairytale area, Kiki’s Delivery Service could work. It’s probably more known from the movie adaptations but it was a book first!

 

[NigelChanning]

Here’s my pitch for the genres:
Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Childrens’.
For horror, we go with classic monster stories like Dracula, Frankenstein, and R.L Stein’s Goosebumps books.
For Fantasy, we can go with Narnia, Lord of the Rings, or something more “grounded” like A Christmas Carol or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
For Science Fiction, we focus on what was considered Sci-Fi in the past (Jules Verne) and what’s considered Sci-Fi today.
For Childrens’, we can showcase books like The Giving Tree or Paddington.