STAP Inspirational Reading: Stranger Tides

[Thomas Austin]

Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides is one of the best and creepiest pieces of historical fantasy I've read. It's worthy of Lovecraft without being derivative. Zombie pirates, ghosts, evil wizards and witch doctors are wrapped up in a compelling story with three-dimensional characters.

For STAP purposes, vodun zombies are much spookier than the stock version or the ravenous Parrot Island kind, so I'm trying to figure out how to work some in there.

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Enjoy!

[Russ Taylor]

Thanks for the suggestion. It's been sitting on my bookshelf for a decade, finally giving it a read. I'm a big fan of his Dinner at Deviant's Palace.

[Thomas Austin]

Russ Taylor wrote:

Thanks for the suggestion. It's been sitting on my bookshelf for a decade, finally giving it a read. I'm a big fan of his Dinner at Deviant's Palace.

If I can help just one person, just one <sniff> person...