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  • On Stranger Tides (novel)
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  • On Stranger Tides is a novel written by Tim Powers. Published in 1987, it was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and placed second in the annual Locus poll for best fantasy novel. Although Ron Gilbert has been widely quoted that the Monkey Island video game series was inspired by the Disneyland attraction Pirates of the Caribbean, he stated in a blog that the ride was mainly his inspiration for the ambience of the series, while his true inspiration was Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides.
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  • Adult
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  • 200
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  • 6.600000
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  • Print
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  • 4.800000
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  • 388
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  • ISBN-10: 0-246-13152-7
  • ISBN-13:978-0441626861
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  • On Stranger Tides is a novel written by Tim Powers. Published in 1987, it was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and placed second in the annual Locus poll for best fantasy novel. Although Ron Gilbert has been widely quoted that the Monkey Island video game series was inspired by the Disneyland attraction Pirates of the Caribbean, he stated in a blog that the ride was mainly his inspiration for the ambience of the series, while his true inspiration was Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides. After the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Disney approached Powers in optioning his novel, which would be used as the inspiration, basis, and title for the fourth installment of the Pirates series.
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