Some thoughts:
The second manuscript was interesting in that it also contained several Odyssey newspaper clippings that backed up facts in the story - just making Whit and Jack wonder even more about the truth of the stories.
I think to me it seemed like this book didn't have quite as many direct parallels, simply because the story of Noah doesn't have as many different characters and incidents to choose from. Most of the main plot with Tyran, Dr. Lyst, the elders, etc. were simply elaborating and filling out the statements of Genesis 7.
"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually"
"The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth."
Maybe I'm missing some parallels with that though. Anyone have any that I don't see?
As the story doesn't go as long as in the Bible, we don't get to see parallels to sending out the dove etc., the rainbow, and Noah and his family emerging from the ark. I think those would have been interesting to portray.
I thought changing the flood to a common sickness that Marusians didn't have any resistance to was clever.
Characters:
Arin and Muiraq: Noah and his wife
Oshan and Etham: Shem and his wife
Pool and Nacob: Ham and his wife
Riv and Hesham: Japheth and his wife
Obvious parallels:
Arin's shelter = the ark
Arin's garden = Eden
The worldwide flood wiping out all life = the deadly sickness/virus wiping out all life
Anyone else have thoughts?