Related bit of trivia: MI was heavily inspired by Tim Powers' novel "On Stranger Tides" (which is a classic piece of secret history, involving Blackbeard, the Fountain of Youth, and of course zombie pirates). For the newest Pirates of the Caribbean movie, they bought the rights to the novel…
……居然真的对文学燃起了热情）《无限空间，无限上帝》（Infinite Space, Infinite God），Karina 和 Robert Fabian 主编（故事水平参差不齐；有几篇我还挺喜欢的）《四签名》（The Sign of Four）——阿瑟·柯南·道尔（推荐）《惊涛怪浪》（On Stranger Tides）——蒂姆·鲍尔斯（推荐；我超爱鲍尔斯，不过《阿努比斯之门》和《最后的召唤》更胜一筹。但如果你喜欢海盗题材，应该会喜欢这本）《处世的艺术》（The Art of Worldly Wisdom）——巴尔塔沙·葛拉西安（很有意思）阿奎那……
…actually got excited about literature) Infinite Space, Infinite God - Karina and Robert Fabian editors (story quality varies; I enjoyed some of them) The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle (recommended) On Stranger Tides - Tim Powers (recommended; I love Powers, but Anubis Gates and Last Call are better. Still, if you like pirates you should like this) The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian (interesting) Aquinas…
《加勒比海盗》（PotC）和《猴岛小英雄》（Monkey Island）其实都深受蒂姆·鲍尔斯《惊涛怪浪》（On Stranger Tides）这本书的启发。如果你喜欢其中任何一个，不妨去读读原著。（我懒得去翻出处了，但我记得 Ron Gilbert 或者 Tim Schaefer 明确提过 OST 是猴岛的灵感来源……
Both PotC and Monkey Island draw heavy inspiration from Tim Powers' book "On Stranger Tides". If you loved either of those then maybe go read it. (I can't be arsed to find a citation for it but I've seen either Ron Gilbert or Tim Schaefer explicitly mention OST as an inspiration for Monkey…
I really enjoyed this book. Probably my favorite of his books I've read so far. If you haven't read On Stranger Tides, check that out, it's great as well.
附议！他还写了《惊涛怪浪》（On Stranger Tides），这书启发了 Ron Gilbert 做出《猴岛小英雄的秘密》（The Secret of Monkey Island），当然它也受到了加勒比海盗游乐设施的启发，而那个游乐设施后来又催生了《加勒比海盗》系列电影，其中一部……
Seconded! He also wrote On Stranger Tides, which served as inspiration to Ron Gilbert to make The Secret of Monkey Island, also inspired on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, which in turn inspired the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, one of…
I wonder if there is any other complexity involved by Disney also owning the rights to "On Stranger Tides" by Tim Powers, which also inspired Monkey Island.
顺带提个冷知识：MI（猴岛小英雄）很大程度上是受蒂姆·鲍尔斯的小说《惊涛怪浪》（On Stranger Tides）启发的（这是一部经典的伪史小说，里面有黑胡子、不老泉，当然还有丧尸海盗）。拍最新的《加勒比海盗》电影时，他们还特意买了这部小说的版权……
Related bit of trivia: MI was heavily inspired by Tim Powers' novel "On Stranger Tides" (which is a classic piece of secret history, involving Blackbeard, the Fountain of Youth, and of course zombie pirates). For the newest Pirates of the Caribbean movie, they bought the rights to the novel…
……居然真的对文学燃起了热情）《无限空间，无限上帝》（Infinite Space, Infinite God），Karina 和 Robert Fabian 主编（故事水平参差不齐；有几篇我还挺喜欢的）《四签名》（The Sign of Four）——阿瑟·柯南·道尔（推荐）《惊涛怪浪》（On Stranger Tides）——蒂姆·鲍尔斯（推荐；我超爱鲍尔斯，不过《阿努比斯之门》和《最后的召唤》更胜一筹。但如果你喜欢海盗题材，应该会喜欢这本）《处世的艺术》（The Art of Worldly Wisdom）——巴尔塔沙·葛拉西安（很有意思）阿奎那……
…actually got excited about literature) Infinite Space, Infinite God - Karina and Robert Fabian editors (story quality varies; I enjoyed some of them) The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle (recommended) On Stranger Tides - Tim Powers (recommended; I love Powers, but Anubis Gates and Last Call are better. Still, if you like pirates you should like this) The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracian (interesting) Aquinas…
《加勒比海盗》（PotC）和《猴岛小英雄》（Monkey Island）其实都深受蒂姆·鲍尔斯《惊涛怪浪》（On Stranger Tides）这本书的启发。如果你喜欢其中任何一个，不妨去读读原著。（我懒得去翻出处了，但我记得 Ron Gilbert 或者 Tim Schaefer 明确提过 OST 是猴岛的灵感来源……
Both PotC and Monkey Island draw heavy inspiration from Tim Powers' book "On Stranger Tides". If you loved either of those then maybe go read it. (I can't be arsed to find a citation for it but I've seen either Ron Gilbert or Tim Schaefer explicitly mention OST as an inspiration for Monkey…
我非常喜欢这本书。大概是我目前读过的他的书里最爱的一本了。如果你还没读过《惊涛怪浪》（On Stranger Tides），赶紧去看看，那本也棒极了。
I really enjoyed this book. Probably my favorite of his books I've read so far. If you haven't read On Stranger Tides, check that out, it's great as well.
附议！他还写了《惊涛怪浪》（On Stranger Tides），这书启发了 Ron Gilbert 做出《猴岛小英雄的秘密》（The Secret of Monkey Island），当然它也受到了加勒比海盗游乐设施的启发，而那个游乐设施后来又催生了《加勒比海盗》系列电影，其中一部……
Seconded! He also wrote On Stranger Tides, which served as inspiration to Ron Gilbert to make The Secret of Monkey Island, also inspired on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, which in turn inspired the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, one of…
我好奇的是，迪士尼本身也持有蒂姆·鲍尔斯《惊涛怪浪》（On Stranger Tides）的版权（这本也是《猴岛小英雄》的灵感来源），这会不会引发其他层面的复杂纠葛。
I wonder if there is any other complexity involved by Disney also owning the rights to "On Stranger Tides" by Tim Powers, which also inspired Monkey Island.