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On Stranger Tides

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Several months back I read that one of the things that heavily influanced Monkey Island was a book by Tim Powers called On Stranger Tides.

I wanted to read a Piratey book... so I ordered it from Amazon. (Good timeing too, they JUST re-released it.

I thought it was quite good, so I thought I'd mention it.

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Well that sounds vaguely interesting, but how about some more info? Is it humorous, is it very fictional and so on. Not looking for a plot summary, just a sense of what kind of book it is.

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It's actually historical fiction.

THe crux of the story is that a former Puppeteer is forced into being a pirate. He ends up sailing with Black Beard, who is trying to use Voodoo to make himself immortal.

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Yeah, I wanted to read that book ever since I heard mayba a year back that it was Ron's main inspiration for Monkey Island. I even talked about it with him when he was in Amsterdam. Good to hear it's back in print, but I believe there's only an expensive edition, not just an ordinary paperback yet, right?

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I'm reading this right now. It's a pretty enjoyable pirate adventure novel.

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