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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cthulhu's Librarian" data-source="post: 1858657" data-attributes="member: 11064">On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers    From the cover:  "The year is 1718. Blackbeard still terrorizes the Caribbean sea, one of the last pirates to challenge the reign of King George. Sailing unwittingly into this unsavory company comes one John Chandagnac, bookkeeper and puppeteer. He seems an unlikely candidate for piracy, or the machinations of dark sorcery. But, christened Jack Shandy by a drunken pirate captain, he may turn out to be one of the greatest of them all... A hunt for unearthly spirits with the aid of a mummified two-headed dog. A journey through the Florida swamps in search of the Fountain of Youth. A battle at sea with the Royal English Navy. An encounter with sunken ships crewed by zombies."   Won the World Fantasy Award in 1988 and the Ditmar Award in 1989. The best pirate novel I've ever read, and one of the best fantasy novels I've ever read. It's been out of print for years, but it shows up on occasion in used book stores. If you can find it, get it.</blockquote>