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On Stranger Tides
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| Author | Tim Powers |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Ace Books(Hardcover edition) Babbage Press (Paperback edition) |
| Released | 19 October 1988 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 388 pp (Paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-246-13152-7 (Hardcover edition) & ISBN 1-930235-32-1 (Paperback edition) |
On Stranger Tides the 1988 fantasy novel written by Tim Powers. It was reprinted in 2006 by Babbage Press.
This book follows the exploits of John "Jack Shandy" Chandagnac, who travels to the new world after the death of his puppeteer father to confront his uncle, who apparently has made off with the family inheritance. On the way he gets to know a woman named Beth Hurwood and her father, an Oxford professor. On the way their ship is waylaid by pirates and, with the help of the professor and his assistant, the captain is killed and Chandagnac is forced to join the pirate crew. The reader discovers a sinister plot being concocted by the professor involving his dead wife, his living daughter and Blackbeard. Chandagnac, now known as "Jack Shandy", must put a stop to these plans and save Beth Hurwood.
Although Ron Gilbert has been widely quoted that the Monkey Island series of video games was inspired by Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride, in his blog he stated that his true inspiration was this book[1].
- ^ Ron Gilbert (September 20, 2004). On Stranger Tides. GrumpyGamer. Retrieved on April 17, 2006.
