On stranger tidesTim Powers
On stranger tides
by Tim Powers · first published 1987
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Related bit of trivia: MI was heavily inspired by Tim Powers' novel "On Stranger Tides" (which is a classic piece of secret history, involving Blackbeard, the Fountain of Youth, and of course zombie pirates). For the newest Pirates of the Caribbean movie, they bought the rights to the novel…
on “Happy Birthday Monkey Island” ↗…actually got excited about literature) Infinite Space, Infinite God - Karina and Robert Fabian editors (story quality varies; I enjoyed some of them) The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle (recommended) On Stranger Tides - Tim Powers (recommended; I love Powers, but Anubis Gates and Last Call are better. Still, if you like pirates you should like this) The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian (interesting) Aquinas…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗Both PotC and Monkey Island draw heavy inspiration from Tim Powers' book "On Stranger Tides". If you loved either of those then maybe go read it. (I can't be arsed to find a citation for it but I've seen either Ron Gilbert or Tim Schaefer explicitly mention OST as an inspiration for Monkey…
on “If I Made Another Monkey Island (2013)” ↗I really enjoyed this book. Probably my favorite of his books I've read so far. If you haven't read On Stranger Tides, check that out, it's great as well.
on “Ask HN: What's the best book you read in 2021?” ↗Seconded! He also wrote On Stranger Tides, which served as inspiration to Ron Gilbert to make The Secret of Monkey Island, also inspired on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, which in turn inspired the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, one of…
on “Edison and the Ghost Machine” ↗I wonder if there is any other complexity involved by Disney also owning the rights to "On Stranger Tides" by Tim Powers, which also inspired Monkey Island.
on “Disney, please sell the rights to Monkey Island back to its creator Ron Gilbert” ↗…closely to that franchise would be seen as a financial liability. But since we're talking who inspired whom, both monkey island and the second third and forth potc movies drew heavily on Tim Powers novel On Stranger Tides, and by the time they got to the fourth movie they just flat out optioned the book, title and all.
on “Disney, please sell the rights to Monkey Island back to its creator Ron Gilbert” ↗I've said it already on this thread but both MI and PotC, while influenced by each other (yes, MI is also influenced by the original pirates of the Caribbean ride) both have more in common with On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers. Ron Gilbert has stated in interviews that the book was a big inspiration, and the fourth PotC film is actually called On Stranger Tides and is essentially an adaptation. The second and…
on “Disney, please sell the rights to Monkey Island back to its creator Ron Gilbert” ↗Fun fact: The true inspiration for most of Monkey Island was, in fact, the 1987 novel On Stranger Tides¹ by Tim Powers (no, not the 2011 Jack Sparrow movie). 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On_Stranger_Tides...
on “Source code of “Delores: A Thimbleweed Park mini-adventure” released” ↗The Monkey Island game was heavily influenced by the Disney ride and (as sibling comment noted) Tim Powers' book On Stranger Tides. The Venn Diagram of who influenced who is nearly a circle, as the game was influenced by the Disney ride and the book and the movies were influenced by the ride and the games and the book and now the…
on “Source code of “Delores: A Thimbleweed Park mini-adventure” released” ↗Tim Powers' pirate fantasy book On Stranger Tides is a very important link in this chain. Gilbert's said it was a major influence, and the first Pirates movie had a lot of Tides' vibes. Pirates 4 was a straight-up adaptation of the book. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Stranger_Tides#Influence_on...
on “The Curse of Monkey Island” ↗I thought there was a book somewhere in the mix as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Stranger_Tides Wikipedia tells me the book inspired monkey island, the ride inspired both the book and monkey island, and the book inspired the fourth movie.
on “Disney to take $1.5B stake in Epic Games” ↗