"It is exhilarating to find such a scholarly work.... C. Van Duzer has not only provided a masterful treatment of this subject but insights into these fascinating natural formations. Without question, this work is unequivocally choice!"
- Robert G. Wetzel, review in Limnology 5 (2004), p. 191

"The author can only be admired for the depth and breadth of his scholarship in compiling this unique book. It is both a labour of love and a definitive resource."
- Professor Russell King, review in Geography 90.1 (2005), pp. 101-102

"Once I opened [the book] to see what I had to review, I could not put it down.... This resulted in utter chaos in our household--in that the pets were not fed on time, and the family was starving by the time I finally put the book down.... This bibliography is an amazing, in-depth, thorough piece of research.... Every environmental-related institute should acquire a copy, not only as an invaluable reference book but also as an example to all up-and-coming scientists."
-René Glen, review in the African Journal of Aquatic Science 30.2 (2005), pp. 219-220

"The exhaustive and erudite nature of this reference text makes it a valuable contribution towards our understanding of a fascinating, albeit largely obscure, natural phenomenon. It is the most thorough investigation of floating islands to date. It is of interest to habitat specialists, agronomists, environment stewards, wetland researchers and island scholars generally. The one relevant detail I have missed is a reflexive research note on methodology that would have explained how the author went about his, truly awesome, academic quest."
- Professor Godfrey Baldacchino, review in Progress in Physical Geography 29.1 (2005), pp. 134-135

"The author has undertaken an immense endeavor in tracking down literature on floating islands from the Renaissance till the present day.... For those interested in floating islands and their research the book is indispensable."
-Jan Weckström in SUO 55.3-4 (2004), pp. 105-106

"...this book seems a very useful addition to libraries serving academic departments of geography or government agencies dealing with geographical subjects. The book should also be a useful resource to limnologists, agronomists, volcanologists, and even coal geologists."
- Cyril Galvin, review in Earth Sciences History 24.1 (2005), pp. 132-133

"So Van Duzer's book is not only a complete (or one of the most) bibliography on floating islands, but also an indispensable source of literature for everyone wishing to know different aspects of floating islands. The book is also a real treasure of literature sources to be browsed to find more about karst or to find more about the authors who write also of the karst topic…. I am sure I can recommend this book to all, but especially to the readers who like old authors, from any point of aspect."
-Andrej Kranjc in Acta carsologica 33.2 (2004), pp. 335-336

"Floating islands are important in a surprising number and diversity of environmental management, ecological, paleoecological, geological, geomorphological, and even historical problems worldwide. Chet Van Duzer has done the long, hard, exhaustive, in-depth, multidiscipline, and multilingual homework, for all the world's researchers of floating islands, and for others interested in a fascinating natural feature."
- Peter A. Stone, Hydrologist, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, USA

"Great bibliographies are fundamental to great scholarship, and Chet Van Duzer's Floating Islands should serve as a basis for great scholarship for years to come. Its breadth and depth make it by far the most thorough, useful, and scholarly bibliography on the topic. The thematic indexes are helpful and generous, and the text and translation of Munz's Exercitatio academica de insulis natantibus are a valuable addition."
- John E. Mustain, Rare Book Librarian & Classics Bibliographer, Stanford University Libraries

"An extensive and exciting annotated review of 2500 years of publications on floating islands, covering all possible items from floating bogs to pumice islands and from bird nest rafts to floating airports."
- Dr. Hans Joosten, Botanisches Institut, Universität Greifswald, Germany; Secretary General, International Mire Conservation Group

"The fact that buoyant, floating land is a part of our world is a truly fascinating topic to consider, and Chet Van Duzer has assembled an impressive set of references related to that subject in this volume on floating islands. The information he has brought together is outstanding in its diversity and volume, covering references to floating land from both modern and ancient sources, and from areas throughout the world. This work is welcome to those of us with a special interest in those parts of our world landscape that float, and should spark a flame of interest in many who may be discovering this intriguing landform for the first time."
- Charles E. Sasser, Professor, Coastal Ecology Institute, School of the Coast & Environment, Louisiana State University

"This work is without a doubt the most complete investigation of floating islands, summarizing most (if not all) of the information available today on the topic. The book will be of great use for wetlands researchers, environmental managers, and also for general readers curious about natural phenomena. It is an essential reference tool."
- Prof. Juan José Neiff, Director, Centro de Ecologia Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL), Corrientes, Argentina

"This is a great contribution towards our understanding of natural phenomena. Floating Islands succeeds in condensing a large body of historical observation and thought; in addition, it contains summaries of the recent research on floating wetlands. This exhaustive work is undeniably useful to the scientific community, and it is also a window to one of the enigmas of natural history."
- Guerry Holm, Center for Coastal, Energy, and Environmental Resources, Coastal Ecology Institute, Louisiana State University

"Now and again a really interesting publication crops up for review. Chet van Duzer's work on floating islands is such a work. The work contains 1800 citations (one of the most comprehensive biblios I have seen since the ORSTOM-type African Waterbodies stuff compiled by Bryan Davies) spanning 20 language sourcesÉ. Anyone working on lakes in Africa would benefit from having this on their shelves, and its worth the money just for the Munz thesis!"
-Bill Harding in EnviroNews Southern Africa 12 (March, 2005), p. 2

"The book by Chet Van Duzer is a clear example of how an apparently narrow topic can result in a broad, impressive source of multidisciplinary information.... [t]his is an interesting, useful as well as singular book."
-Miquel Alcaraz in Scientia Marina 69.1 (2005), p. 186

"By creating this multi-national and multi-lingual bibliography C. V. Duzer has compiled a really magnificent work that helps others to get a better overview of floating islands.... [the book] will be of interest to a wide range of readers."
Edgar Karofeld in SILnews 45 (May, 2005), p. 10

New York Times, November 6, 2005, pp. 1 and 27

Aquatic Plant News 76 (June, 2004), p. 4

Lettres des îles 12 (juin, 2004)

Aquaphyte 24.1 (Summer, 2004), p. 6

The Drifting Seed 10.2 (September, 2004), p. 15

Acta Limnological Brasiliensia 16.3 (2004), p. 305

Fiji Times, February 6, 2005

Ecosistemas 14.1 (January-April, 2005)

Sida: Contributions to Botany 21.2 (2005), p. 636