''The Ghost Islands'' is a

radio drama Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...

, produced by the

ZBS Foundation ZBS Foundation, a small non-profit audio production company, was founded by Thomas Lopez (aka "Meatball Fulton") in 1970 with a grant from Robert E. Durand as a working commune, located on a donated farm in Upstate New York. ZBS stands for "Zero Bu ...

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(The Ghost Islands) It is the eighteenth of the

Jack Flanders Jac Flanders, full name Jonathan L. Flanders, is the protagonist of a series of audio dramas produced by the ZBS Foundation. He is the creation of writer and sound artist Thomas Lopez and is played by actor Robert Lorick. Jac is an adventurer w ...

adventure series and the second of the Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders sub-series. It combines elements of

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with

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phenomena,

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beings and energies.

Plot

While relaxing at the Pelican's Pouch in the small Caribbean town of San Miguel, rumors reach Jack and Mojo of the mysterious Ghost Islands which appear and disappear at certain times of the year. Many can see the islands but most just don't. Claudine knows more but is being particularly vague and distant; she does, however, decide that they could use another crew-member and to Jack's chagrin, it's Dominique. Pretty soon, there are 'fuzzy' cocoon shapes moving around, shapes whose home can only be the mysterious Ghost Islands.

Notes and themes

Continues the

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theme that tourists coming to visit places of beauty or

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, by their very presence, help to destroy such places. Also there are a number of

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references.

Quotes

Rose: "Sometimes things are as solid as we are willing to allow them to be."
Mojo: "That applies to everything we believe in."
Rose: "Unless you try to sit on it!"

Mojo: "Bunny doesn't look happy."
Jack: "Oh well. You know... teenagers."
Mojo: "Thought they called them 'young adults'?"
Jack: "Yeah. I don't know why."

Credits

Robert Lorick Robert Lorick (died January 2016) was a lyricist, actor, and writer, best known as a Broadway lyricist and for his work portraying Jack Flanders, the lead character in a series of ZBS Foundation audio adventures produced from 1972 until Lorick's d ...

* Mojo Sam - Dave Adams * Claudine - Pascale Poirier * Dominique - Lindsay Ellison * Rose and Madame Jamal - Laura Roth * Bunny - Camille Goodhart Hebert * Una and Fast Freddie - Nebadon Adams * Joseph - Joseph Gerrick * Georgette - Linda Malenga * Producer/Director/Engineer -

Tom Lopez Tom Lopez is an American composer of electronic music. He serves as Director of the Computer Music Program at The Walden School. Lopez is best known for his extensive history with the TIMARA Labs at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Lopez gr ...

* Writer -

Meatball Fulton Thomas Lopez, aka Meatball Fulton (born 1935), is president of the ZBS Foundation and one of the foundation's founders. He writes and produces the ZBS Foundation's audio drama productions. When he was working in radio in the 1960s, Lopez took "M ...

* Music - Tim Clark * Illustration/Graphics - Jaye Oliver Recorded at Froggy Acres Studios, Fort Miller, NY. Thunderstorm recorded by David Shinn.

The Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders

Jack, Mojo and Claudine sail around the

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encountering mysterious and other-worldly incidents. *

Orchids and Moonbeams ''Orchids and Moonbeams'' is a radio drama, produced by the ZBS Foundation.ZBS.orlink(Orchids and Moonbeams) It is the seventeenth of the Jack Flanders adventure series and the first of The Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders sub-series. ...

(2005) * The Ghost Islands (2006) *

Tropical Hot Dog Night ''Tropical Hot Dog Night'' is a radio drama, produced by the ZBS Foundation.ZBS.orlink (Tropical Hot Dog Night) It is the nineteenth of the Jack Flanders adventure series and the third of The Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders sub-series ...

(2007) *

The White Castle ''The White Castle'' (original Turkish title: ''Beyaz Kale'') is a novel by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. Plot introduction The events of this story take place in 17th century Istanbul. The story is about a young Italian scholar sailing from Venice ...

(2008)

References

External links

ZBS Foundation

Whirlitzer of Wisdom fansite
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghost Islands American radio dramas ZBS Foundation