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Summertime gets me in a swashbuckling mood. What are some good books on or about pirates?

>> No.15617264
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bump, im interested in some pirate /lit/ too

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There's not a huge amount of pirate /lit/ that I know of. Maybe just have to go with things that are naval-themed. The Viking sagas are decent fun and poems like Bermudas too. Moby Dick goes without saying

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15617281

There's a bunch of them. Go have fun anon.

>> No.15617308

>>15617224
Treasure Island
I also love the old movie with Jackie Cooper
And the 76 Raiders with Casper Stabler Madden

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Is pic related any good?

>> No.15617407

>>15617377
Yes

>> No.15618530

>>15617281
This is the best answer. It has no business being as good as it is, being genre fiction, but it be do.

>> No.15618653

>>15617224

Captain Blood
Treasure Island

>> No.15619346

>>15617377
Yes.

>> No.15619396

>>15617224
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea is technically about steampunk pirates and it is a beautiful novel. I think Verne has a novel about pirates too but I haven't read it.

>> No.15619561

>>15617281
Seconding the Aubrey and Maturin series. Hornblower's up there too.

>> No.15619955

>>15618653
This, Captain Blood all the way

>> No.15620065

>>15617377
It's okay. One of the big selling points was that the author used a historical setpiece but I think he incorporated the historical characters sort of poorly. They feel latched on. Whilst he also describes sailing in a very vivid and knowledgable manner, knowing various techniques and such, it doesn't have a strong pirate atmosphere and doesn't feel much like the 18th century. The dialogue could be from any late 20th century novel. The book is mostly about the magic I think.

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Cities of the Red Night

>> No.15620617

>>15617224
A High Wind in Jamaica

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>>15617281
>>15617377
Both are excellent choices

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>>15617224
Call me retarded all you like, it was an entertaining read especially if you liked the naval aspect of the game.

>> No.15620981

>>15617224
Are the any unique takes on the pirate genre, like the Spanish Armada

>> No.15621159

>>15617224
MY NAME IS GUYBRUSH THREEPWOOD AND I WANT TO BECOME A PIRATE

>> No.15621167

>>15617224
Read this as a young adult and I liked it very much: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_General_History_of_the_Pyrates

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>>15621159
I like this

>> No.15621772

>>15617224
YARGH I GOTS ME THE SCURVY FOR ME GROG BE MIGHTLY SPARSE IN VITIMINS N ELECTROLYTES.

>> No.15621932

>>>/t/