[Zsinj16]

I was talking to my sister a while back, and she said that she would like to start reading fantasy novels. And she said, that while she loves the idea of the traditional "swords&sorcery" type fantasy, such as LOTR, Memory,Sorrow, and Thorn Trilogy, Dragonlance, Wheel of Time, etc., she would like to start out reading fantasy by reading a different vein of it, "Pirate Fantasy". You know, adventures upon the high seas, pirates, swashbuckling, giant ships, seamonsters, etc.
So I was wondering, could anyone here please suggest some pirate fantasy novels that my sister could read? I would very much appreciate it.
The only pirate fantasy novel that I can think of is "Corsair" by Chris Bunch.

[Rob B]

The Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb. One of the primary characters is a pirate and there are sea serpents.

Robin Hobb is a fantastic writer.

[Ingram]

Heh the only fantasy i have read that had some sea battle's and slight ly focused on them was the riftwar and serpent war series by Raymond E. Feist

[Zsinj16]

Oh yeah, The Liveship Traders!! How could I forget?!!!

[jbcohen]

Robert Jordan has a race of sea fairing pirats running around his books. Dragon Lance frequently involves them - in the book the Companions the story revolves around a bunch of them.

[saintjon]

Uh JB, just because the Sea Folk sail around all the time doesn't make them pirates.

Zsinj: Has your sister read Tai-pan by James Clavell? It's historical fiction as opposed to fantasy but has some cool piracy stuff. And what does Zsinj16 mean, for curiosity's sake?

[Zsinj16]

Saintjon: Well, it so happens that many people have asked me what my screenname means. http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif
I created it because it is one of the names of my favorite villains in the Star Wars novels, Warlord Zsinj, and I made up that screenname and applied it online when I was 16 years old, hence the number 16 at the end.
Well, there you have it!

[starcrzr]

Well I was going to say "Corsair" but you allready have it listed, I enjoyed reading it. Its in paperback so it won't cost you much either. How about "The King's Buccaneer" by Raymond Feist its a good read.

[This message has been edited by starcrzr (edited February 01, 2002).]

[The Iron Orchid]

Arrrr, mateys. There's also Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides.

[jbcohen]

I admit it I am stretching things a bit, saintjohn. I am sort of distorting the term pirates.