Pirates!!

BenBanned · 01-19-2011, 04:23 PM

Im looking for some high sea adventure, fiction or non.
Preferably from the pirates perspective.
What you got?

AndrewH · 01-19-2011, 04:52 PM

Scott Lynch's Red Seas Under Red Skies. It's the second in the Gentleman Bastard Sequence. Though I suppose it could stand alone, I'd recommend reading the first one, The Lies of Locke Lamora.

Red Seas Under Red Skies is not a pirate book, per se, but a significant portion of it does take place on a pirate ship and in a pirate port town. As con artists, the main characters are anti-heroes, but likeable. The setting is fantasy, though there are no elves, hobbits, or the like.

CraftyDan · 01-19-2011, 06:33 PM

Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton.

http://inkmesh.com/ebooks/pirate-lat...ate+Latitudes+

Just finished it about a month ago. IMO, a great story by and great writer.

Hatgirl · 01-19-2011, 07:22 PM

Dudley Pope's Ned Yorke series is all about Pirates. Nice ones with morals! Eh, you can have too much of "gritty" sometimes. The first one in the series is "Buccaneer".

"Captain Blood" by Rafael Sabatini is the classic pirate-with-a-heart-of-gold story, and is available in the MobileRead library. One of my all-time favourite books.

George MacDonald Fraser wrote a book called "The Pyrates". It's been a long time since I read it, but I remember it made me laugh... I was about 15, though.

emalvick · 01-25-2011, 11:16 PM

There was a great series around 2004+ by Gideon Defoe with each book titled something like:

The Priates! In An Adventure with___________

The blanks were Scientists, Napoleon, Ahab, and Communists (i.e. 4 books)

They were fantastic, quick reads, that had a comedy element to them. My brother-in-law loves all things pirates and loved these books. There may have been more to the series, but those four titles are what Amazon has now. Wikipedia might tell more.

bill_mchale · 01-26-2011, 02:45 AM

Do I actually have to be the first to mention Robert Louis Stevenson?

--
Bill

paganpete · 01-26-2011, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bill_mchale

Do I actually have to be the first to mention Robert Louis Stevenson?

--
Bill

Who?

RLS is a good classic author:- Treasure island, Kidnapped, Prince Otto etc - give him a bash!

BookCat · 01-26-2011, 10:37 AM

Go to manybooks, look under the pirates category, find some books you like, then pop back to MobileRead and download it from the library here! Simples.

SensualPoet · 01-26-2011, 07:24 PM

A book from a pirate's perspective ... hmmm ....

What about Michael Wolff's (how appropriate is that for the name of a pirate biographer) soft lensed biography of Rupert Murdoch?

FranchiseBlade · 01-27-2011, 12:29 AM

Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley is available on the Project Gutenberg site. So it's great and it's free.

Of course Treasure Island is free and it's a classic.

A General History of the Pyrates by Daniel Defoe by the author of Robinson Crusoe.

BenBanned · 01-27-2011, 01:09 AM

Right after I posted this a topic I began reading Operation Time Search by Andre Norton. It's a book I saved from the curbside and just so happens one third is escaping pirates and the other third is with pirates.
Good book by the way especially for one I found in the trash.

Edit: thanks for all the suggestions now Im up to my neck in Zombie and Pirate literature.

01-19-2011, 04:23 PM	#1
BenBanned Groupie Posts: 169 Karma: 1326166 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NJ Device: Paper	Pirates!! Im looking for some high sea adventure, fiction or non. Preferably from the pirates perspective. What you got?

01-25-2011, 11:16 PM	#5
emalvick Groupie Posts: 166 Karma: 5358 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Davis, CA Device: Kindle 3	There was a great series around 2004+ by Gideon Defoe with each book titled something like: The Priates! In An Adventure with___________ The blanks were Scientists, Napoleon, Ahab, and Communists (i.e. 4 books) They were fantastic, quick reads, that had a comedy element to them. My brother-in-law loves all things pirates and loved these books. There may have been more to the series, but those four titles are what Amazon has now. Wikipedia might tell more. Last edited by emalvick; 01-25-2011 at 11:18 PM. Reason: clarify my post

01-27-2011, 01:09 AM	#11
BenBanned Groupie Posts: 169 Karma: 1326166 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NJ Device: Paper	Right after I posted this a topic I began reading Operation Time Search by Andre Norton. It's a book I saved from the curbside and just so happens one third is escaping pirates and the other third is with pirates. Good book by the way especially for one I found in the trash. Edit: thanks for all the suggestions now Im up to my neck in Zombie and Pirate literature. Last edited by BenBanned; 01-27-2011 at 01:11 AM.

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01-19-2011, 04:52 PM	#2
AndrewH Fanatic Posts: 553 Karma: 1234566 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver, WA Device: Sony PRS-T1, & Kobo Mini	Scott Lynch's Red Seas Under Red Skies. It's the second in the Gentleman Bastard Sequence. Though I suppose it could stand alone, I'd recommend reading the first one, The Lies of Locke Lamora. Red Seas Under Red Skies is not a pirate book, per se, but a significant portion of it does take place on a pirate ship and in a pirate port town. As con artists, the main characters are anti-heroes, but likeable. The setting is fantasy, though there are no elves, hobbits, or the like.

01-19-2011, 06:33 PM	#3
CraftyDan Zealot Posts: 126 Karma: 7724 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Middle Ga Device: PRS-600 and PRS-350	Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton. http://inkmesh.com/ebooks/pirate-lat...ate+Latitudes+ Just finished it about a month ago. IMO, a great story by and great writer.

01-19-2011, 07:22 PM	#4
Hatgirl Addict Posts: 296 Karma: 955301 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Sony PRS-300, Sony PRS-T2, Kindle (7th Gen)	Dudley Pope's Ned Yorke series is all about Pirates. Nice ones with morals! Eh, you can have too much of "gritty" sometimes. The first one in the series is "Buccaneer". "Captain Blood" by Rafael Sabatini is the classic pirate-with-a-heart-of-gold story, and is available in the MobileRead library. One of my all-time favourite books. George MacDonald Fraser wrote a book called "The Pyrates". It's been a long time since I read it, but I remember it made me laugh... I was about 15, though.

01-26-2011, 02:45 AM	#6
bill_mchale Wizard Posts: 1,451 Karma: 1550000 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Maryland, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch, HPC Evo 4G LTE	Do I actually have to be the first to mention Robert Louis Stevenson? -- Bill

01-26-2011, 10:37 AM	#8
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Go to manybooks, look under the pirates category, find some books you like, then pop back to MobileRead and download it from the library here! Simples.

01-26-2011, 07:24 PM	#9
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	A book from a pirate's perspective ... hmmm .... What about Michael Wolff's (how appropriate is that for the name of a pirate biographer) soft lensed biography of Rupert Murdoch?

01-27-2011, 12:29 AM	#10
FranchiseBlade Member Posts: 14 Karma: 232 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Los Angeles Device: Kindle	Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley is available on the Project Gutenberg site. So it's great and it's free. Of course Treasure Island is free and it's a classic. A General History of the Pyrates by Daniel Defoe by the author of Robinson Crusoe.

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