- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (26 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0297848852
- ISBN-13: 978-0297848851
- Product Dimensions: 16.6 x 11 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 23,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'very funny, very silly and highly original.' (ESQUIRE (August 2004) )
'deeply funny...This book has cult smash tattooed all over it.' (Ashley Davies THE LIST (19.8.04) )
'A riotous read.' (Sam Wostear SUN (3.9.04) )
'reads like a cross between My First Pirate Adventure Story and a particularly funny episode of Blackadder.' (Sarah Tierney CITY LIFE (Manchester, 2.9.04) )
'[A] very silly book...The astute reader will have understood by now that pirates are involved. But there are also scientists. And damsels in distress. And an evil genius.' (Nick Chang FOCUS (November 2004) )
'a completely insane story.' (FLIPSIDE (October 2005) **** )
'This charming, original tale will grip you from the first paragraph, and will have you chickling over the pages.' (EVENING EXPRESS (ABERDEEN) 17.9.05 )
'deeply funny...This book has cult smash tattooed all over it.' (Ashley Davies THE LIST (19.8.04) )
'A riotous read.' (Sam Wostear SUN (3.9.04) )
'reads like a cross between My First Pirate Adventure Story and a particularly funny episode of Blackadder.' (Sarah Tierney CITY LIFE (Manchester, 2.9.04) )
'[A] very silly book...The astute reader will have understood by now that pirates are involved. But there are also scientists. And damsels in distress. And an evil genius.' (Nick Chang FOCUS (November 2004) )
'a completely insane story.' (FLIPSIDE (October 2005) **** )
'This charming, original tale will grip you from the first paragraph, and will have you chickling over the pages.' (EVENING EXPRESS (ABERDEEN) 17.9.05 )
Ashley Davies, THE LIST (19.8.04)
'deeply funny...This book has cult smash tattooed all over it.'
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The best work of comic fiction since, well. Since Terry Pratchett stabbed comic fiction dead, as it was waiting for the night bus home.
A book written so lovingly, and with such a transparent relish for the subject matter, that you'd have to be dry, joyless and some kind of diseased parasite not to enjoy it.
Yes, it uses piratical cliché - but that's all seven seas away from actually being piratically clichéd; the author's knowledge and blatant fondness for this well-worn genre allow him to tinker with, prod at, tweakily subvert and make funny all the things we'd expect of pirates, and without which we'd be confused, and wonder why we were reading a pirate book in the first place.
The author does all this, and never once veers into being smug, or saying "goodness me, look how clever I was there, that was a play on words, I must be wonderful". It's quite simply the most likeable and funny book I've read in my entire, stupid life.
As this book is so short, however, I must insist that the author writes many, many, more of them.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Pirates is a very funny book and you would have to be the Bishop of Oxford not to enjoy it! Plenty of Pirate jokes and Arrrrring but there is also some very funny bits involving Hams, Charles Darwin, Victorian Freak Shows and the Natural History Museum.
I am very much looking forward to the next installment, in which I am hoping that the Pirate Captain will reveal his secret for how he keeps his beard so silky!
I am very much looking forward to the next installment, in which I am hoping that the Pirate Captain will reveal his secret for how he keeps his beard so silky!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I didn't really expect much from this book, as I'm getting quite sick of comic fiction. But as soon as I started reading I was drawn in by the unique tone that the author has used. 'The Pirates In An Adventure With Scientists' tells the story of a crew of hapless pirates on an adventure that takes in Charles Darwin, Victorian London and a 'man-panzee' as well as having fun with the usual pirate clichés. More importantly, it's packed with actual jokes.
It took me a while to get used to the characters (none of the pirates have names!) but when you get into it, the book moves on at a fair pace. It's a bit short, but then it's pretty clear that the author didn't intend to write a pretentious slab of 'proper literature' so much as make the reader laugh. I'd definitely recommend 'The Pirates In An Adventure With Scientists' to anyone with a sense of humour and an interest in the development of Darwinism.
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Fun read
I ordered this before the film the film came out on the basis of a book review I saw on TV. It is a fun read. I would recommend it.
Published 1 month ago by Lee
Laughable in a bad way
Some Pirates set off on an adventure with Charles Darwin, to exhibit his new discovery - the Manpanzee, a chimp who understands basic etiquette and wears a suit - and save his... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sam Quixote
The Pirates and adventures with scientists
A very enjoyable read and a fond reminder of early Monty Python type humour. The story moves along at a galloping pace introducing the Pirate Captain and his hardy crew, making... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Roland
pirates ahoy
Great story. A must for young and old. Now a new movie release. I will have to purchase the other books in the series.
Published 1 month ago by lindalah
Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
I don't really know where to start writing a review for Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists. When I was sent a review copy I have to admit that the cover didn't really catch... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Sarah Gibson
Small but perfectly formed silliness
At a 131 pages long - and most of those made up of dialogue in relatively large point font - this is much more the script for a sitcom episode than it is a novel. Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2006 by Nigel Collier
Imagine blackadder and the young ones at sea!!
Simply the funniest book I have read in years. I know people always say that but I absolutely did laugh out loud and tell all my friends. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2006 by "princesspost"
So Funny I Had To Grow A Beard
Pirates - Hugely funny and completely true (I was a pirate during a turbulent time in the mid 90's). Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2005 by "mauvebeard"
Dead Pure Brilliant
This book was recommended to me by a friend who said her son bought it and he and his girlfriend said it was the first book they had laughed out loud at. Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2005 by "michael_devlin"
The Pirates! and their role in the Origin of Species
How may times have you seen the review on the back of a book describing it as "laugh-out-loud funny"? How many times have you read such a book and actually laughed out loud? Read more
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