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Eric and Susan Hiscock

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Oct 9, 2026

Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
2:58
This book was written a generation ago, a bit more than that now.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
3:02
Um, it can't be updated by the original author anymore, Eric Hiscock, but, um, he would have had he lispa- lived past 1986.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
3:12
But in the amount of time that he lived, "The Wanderer" books and, uh, the "Over the Horizon" books, um, he and his wife, Susan, uh, on board a succession of boats called Wanderer, uh, sailed in the most kind of, I think the most glorious part of, like, cru- cruising exploration, which was, um, the, probably, like, the '20s, '30s, '40s, because the places they were visiting then were so different.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
3:38
The South Sea islands of the 1920s, um, if you read Robinson's book, um, oh, uh, "Deep Water and Shoal," is that right? Yes, by W.A.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
4:27
It's a completely different world.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
4:28
It doesn't exist anymore.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
4:30
Um, so Eric Hiscock was there at that time and then went on right through to the early '80s, always writing, always sharing his experiences.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
4:38
And this book, for me, I, I can't say, like, I know exactly where it comes in his, uh, anthology or what have you, but this book, I bought a copy of this for my father.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
2:58
This book was written a generation ago, a bit more than that now.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
3:03
It can't be updated by the original author anymore, Eric Hiscock.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
3:08
But he would have had he lived past 1986.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
3:12
But in the amount of time that he lived, the Wanderer books and the Over the Horizon books, he and his wife Susan on board a succession of boats called Wanderer.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
4:22
Then think about the South Sea Islands in the 50s and 60s after the Second World War had gone through there.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
4:27
It's a completely different world that doesn't exist anymore.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
4:30
So Eric Hiscock was there at that time and then went on right through to the early 80s, always writing, always sharing his experiences.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
4:38
And this book for me, I can't say like I know exactly where it comes in his anthology or what have you.

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