The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists

by Gideon Defoe and Gideon

Book Overview

Not sinceMoby-Dick...No, not sinceTreasure Island...Actually, not since Jonah and the Whale has there been a sea saga to rivalThe Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, featuring the greatest... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375423214
• ISBN13: 9780375423215
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.7" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Fun for all ages

This book is a fun twist on the Pirate theme. Think of it as Monty Pythons Pirates of the Caribbean. Quick easy reading, the book moves along quickly and the footnotes add to the fun. 2 thumbs (Swords?) up!

More Fun Than Carving a Fresh Baked Ham!

My plumed hat is off to Gideon Defoe for bringing readers a fun, farcical treasure of a book. Fans of Douglas Adams and Jasper Fforde will love this author's work as well. 'Pirates' looks at what happens when a shipful of misfit seadogs is directed towards the richest treasure boat Britain has on the ocean.....the 'H.M.S. Beagle'....'nuff said. In this book Mr. Defoe gives us a hilarious story, loveable characters *I defy anyone who reads it to NOT fall for the Pirate Captain* and a tongue in cheek sense of the ridiculous that is guarranteed to please. From beginning to end it holds up to its promise and never grows stale. I give it 2 hooks up and 5 Jolly Rogers.

Not everyday pirates!

The humor in this book is so beyond heavy that it becomes light again. I'm not sure how Mr. Defoe can write this stuff without falling over backwards laughing at his own work, but I am seriously happy that he can. Silly, nonsensical, and wonderous; Pirates! manages to even make fun of the dry (and not so polite) debates around Darwin's theory. I couln't put it down.

Scurvy Doggerel: In Praise of 'The Pirates!'

Oh, to be a pirate captain with a fine luxurious beard, Spearheadin' an adventure three parts farce and one part weird, In which Mr. Charles Darwin in a prominent role you'll see, Amazing all of London with Bobo the Man-panzee. The evil Bishop of Oxford tries to scupper Darwin's plans, To show off Bobo's manners, equal to a gentleman's, This monkey knows which spoon to use, can make a fine cocktail, So the pirates must assure the Bishop's wicked scheme will fail. The pirate dressed in green appears, the pirate with the hook, And the albino pirate cavorts through this funny book, They live on ham and Cocoa Puffs (and limes to quench their thirsts), But there's one what dies of scurvy cause he lives on Lime Starbursts. Oh somewhere folks're reading stuff that's solemn and demure, But if you've a taste for Python then this book you will prefer, 'Cause nowhere else on God's Green Earth a funnier book you'll see, What ho, Defoe! Please write some mo'! 'The Pirates!," that's for me!

hilarious!

Funniest book I've read all year! Short & sweet. Monty-Python-esque in its delivery. The footnotes are the best part. Guaranteed to crack you up! Check it out at your local bookstore. Once you pick it up you'll be finished with it anyway...it's that funny and that short!