Pirates
by morgan on Jan.13, 2010, under Naomi Novik
I’m glad to see your post about pirates and the anthology. When it comes to archetypal fantasy characters, pirates are not represented much anymore. We see far more knights, barbarians, wizards, thieves and assassins than we do pirates. I wonder why that is.
What other fantasy archetypes are underappreciated in today’s novels? My vote is for ninjas.
Back to pirates, one book that features them that I’m eager to read is Tim Power’s On Stranger Tides. From all I’ve heard about it, it’s outstanding, but I haven’t had any luck tracking down a copy.
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January 14th, 2010 on 3:31 am
Don’t forget the more recent Vampire trend! I agree, though, pirates are underused. I would read more books with pirates at the helm.
January 20th, 2010 on 1:08 pm
Where can you get this book? I’ve looked everywhere! If you like pirate, there is always the classic ‘Princess bride”.