tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19079986.post2480231860890082711..comments2023-03-25T03:58:51.506-07:00Comments on bloginhood: Top 10 Pirates of SFRobin Shantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04898683891101365304noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19079986.post-42465846324398101582010-08-27T18:29:28.658-07:002010-08-27T18:29:28.658-07:00@ Misty & Abraxas: Great suggestions!
I'l...@ Misty & Abraxas: Great suggestions!<br /><br />I'll admit, when I was coming up with the list, I knew there ought to be more pirates from literature but aside from Tolkien's Corsairs of Umbar (which only get passing mention in the Silmarillion and get taken out by the ghost army in LOTR pretty quickly), I was drawing a blank. Although, in all fairness, Harlock & Emeraldas made their appearances in manga.<br /><br />As for the question of Mal and Serenity, I spent a lot of time thinking about that possibility. Certainly Mal and the gang are thieves. But pirates? I couldn't recall Mal using the ship in the series or the movie (I haven't gotten around to the comics yet) to attack another vessel or sack a port - I don't even recall them mentioning having marauded in Serenity. Utimately, and it kinda hurts to say this, Serenity's a hopped-up getaway car rather than a pirate ship.Robin Shantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04898683891101365304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19079986.post-73591755665349766992010-08-19T14:43:04.859-07:002010-08-19T14:43:04.859-07:00Ack! These are all movie pirates. Where's th...Ack! These are all movie pirates. Where's the literary pirates? For shame. And including that crap Disney pirate, instead of the literary pirates Disney stole the idea from (Tim Powers awesome "On Stranger Tides") is just salt in the wound. What of Bisson's Space Ranger Gunther Ryder? Or R.A. Lafferty's Captain Roadstrum?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09358427232164602484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19079986.post-59209539809311317932010-08-19T06:09:37.351-07:002010-08-19T06:09:37.351-07:00Of course Mal Reynolds, captain of the Firefly &qu...Of course Mal Reynolds, captain of the Firefly "Serenity" needs to be in there. <br /><br />And then there's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765357682?ie=UTF8&tag=mistymassey-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0765357682" rel="nofollow">Mad Kestrel</a>, captain of the Thanos and not only a pirate but a magic wielder and a tough fighter in her own right. No, I'm not biased at all!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451741793932772972noreply@blogger.com