Upon the ship, he meets Elizabeth Hurwood who is the daughter of an eccentric scientist, Benjamin Hurwood. John had a close relationship with his father for they traveled Europe performing their puppet show. He plans to seek justice upon his uncle, Sebastian Chandagnac, who stole his late father's money. The story begins with John Chandagnac as he gazes upon Jamaica on the horizon. " Captives, I am Philip Davies, the new captain of this ship." ―Phil Davies to the crew of the Carmichael. THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE MOTION PICTURE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Plot A Voyage to Jamaica And for the love of beautiful, magically imperiled Beth Hurwood, Shandy will set sail on even stranger tides, following the savage, ghost-infested pirate king, Blackbeard, and a motley crew of the living and the dead to the cursed nightmare banks of the fabled Fountain of Youth. But more than swashbuckling sea battles and fabulous plunder await the novice buccaneer on the roiling Caribbean waters-for treachery and powerful vodun sorcery are coins of the realm in this dark new world. 2011 editions Īboard the Vociferous Carmichael, puppeteer John Chandagnac is sailing toward Jamaica to claim his stolen birthright from an unscrupulous uncle, when the vessel is pirates! Offered a choice by Captain Phil Davies to join their seafaring band or die, Chandagnac assumes the name John Shandy and a new life as a brigand. The legendary Blackbeard, a child of voodoo whose spirit is infested with ghosts, is assembling an empire of ruthless navy of pirates, living and undead, to voyage to the fabled Fountain of Youth, and Jack Shandy must use magic, swordsmanship, and even his puppeteer skills to free himself and the girl he has fallen in love with from Blackbeard's deadly supernatural domination. Puppeteer John Chandagnac, who was sailing to Jamaica to get revenge on the uncle who had stolen his father's inheritance, has no choice but to join the buccaneers who have taken him prisoner-and soon, known now as the pirate "Jack Shandy", he finds himself learning to survive in a treacherous new world of cutlass-fights, sea- battles, and voodoo magic on sun-blinded tropical islands. "Join us," said the pirate captain Philip Davies, "wholly adopt our goals as your own, or be killed right now where you stand." And where the dark forces of voodoo spawn a pirate crew of lurching zombies. Where the ultimate prize is the Fountain of Youth. Where a young bookkeeper becomes the most unlikely swashbuckler. Where Blackbeard still terrorizes the Caribbean sea. 5.1 Elements from the book to the films.5 Connection with Pirates of the Caribbean.Elliott and Rossio had already thought of Blackbeard and the Fountain of Youth as key story elements, but Powers' novel was considered a huge inspiration for characters, theme, settings, basic storyline, and title for the fourth film, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. This decision was made after Pirates screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio found the book and mentioned it to producer Jerry Bruckheimer during the filming of back-to-back sequels Dead Man's Chest and At World's End. Powers' novel features real historical figures like Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Woodes Rogers, and Juan Ponce de León alongside fictional ones.Īlthough Ron Gilbert has been widely quoted that the LucasArts video game series Monkey Island was inspired by the Walt Disney 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.įollowing the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Disney approached Tim Powers in optioning On Stranger Tides. Chandagnac encounters voodoo, zombies and the supernatural while on a quest for the fabled Fountain of Youth and rescues Englishwoman Beth Hurwood. Set in the early 18th century, On Stranger Tides takes place during the Golden Age of Piracy, when puppeteer John Chandagnac sets out to reclaim an inheritance in Haiti and is waylaid by various buccaneers and pirates, only to become one himself. 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. On Stranger Tides is a novel written by Tim Powers. " Join us, wholly adopt our goals as your own, or be killed right now where you stand." ―Philip Davies
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |