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  <title><![CDATA[The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists: A Novel]]></title>
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  <default_description>Not since &lt;i&gt;Moby-Dick&lt;/i&gt;...No, not since &lt;i&gt;Treasure Island&lt;/i&gt;...Actually, not since Jonah and the Whale has there been a sea saga to rival &lt;i&gt;The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists&lt;/i&gt;, featuring the greatest sea-faring hero of all time, the immortal Pirate Captain, who, although he lives for months at a time at sea, somehow manages to keep his beard silky and in good condition.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Worried that his pirates are growing bored with a life of winking at pretty native ladies and trying to stick enough jellyfish together to make a bouncy castle, the Pirate Captain decides it's high time to spearhead an adventure.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While searching for some major pirate booty, he mistakenly attacks the young Charles Darwin's Beagle and then leads his ragtag crew from the exotic Galapagos Islands to the fog-filled streets of Victorian London.  There they encounter grisly murder, vanishing ladies, radioactive elephants, and the Holy Ghost himself. And that's not even the half of it.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gideon Defoe]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ah, pirate comedy.  In Gideon Defoe’s novel, his pirate crew debates the best part of pirating (grog or cutlasses), delights in anachronisms like Post-It notes and dental floss, and accidentally attacks Charles Darwin’s ship, the Beagle.  The Pirate Captain (yes, that’s his name) decides to sp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59168344">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just finished The Pirates! In an adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe, which is basically a very light-hearted read about a group of not-too-bright pirates and their run in with Charles Darwin. In this book, however, Darwin is not the genius scientist we all learn about in class, but a clumsy, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54226943">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fun, silly read.  I stumbled across this book by chance and was attracted to it by the title (being in grad school in science and all).  After reading the back cover of the book I bought it.<br/><br/>It's complete nonsense and super fun (don't worry, there is a story...it's about pirates...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19300581">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book about...PIRATES!  Defoe is both creative and funny.  Blame it on Disney but I pictured Johnny Depp as the captain.  Simply a fun read.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What would happen if a gang of the dumbest pirates ever met up with Darwin? I'm not sure that anyone has ever wondered that, but if you have, this is the book for you. After the idiot Pirate Captain (who, by the way, is idolized by his crew) is tricked by his nemesis, the pirate boat ends up in the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44367342">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I heard this book read out loud at the Storytellers Club at St. John's my freshmen year, and four years later I still smirk whenever I think about it.  A pocket-sized dose of wanton piracy, confused evolutionary theory, and cigar chomping chimpanzees, totally worth the hour and a half it will take y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15713430">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Let me just say that the recommendations I sent out for this book are no longer as valid as before. This was silly and fun and simple. I expected more. But I did laugh aloud at times and I love the entire concept of the book. If you are in the mood for a quick ridiculous read, then this will fit the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38676925">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pirates dressing up as scientists dressing up as women, hanging out with Charles Darwin on the Beagle, having adventures and discovering evolution. Monty Python meet Gideon Defoe! Don’t look for a plot because there is none. Don’t look for anything redeeming, social or other, because there is no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44388193">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a quirkly little book that I didn't realize was part of a series. In this book, a group of Pirates attack Charles Darwin's scientific boat, thinking he has dubloons aboard. When they find out he doesn't, they go back to England with him seeking adventure by helping him find his brother, who ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45827431">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Was advertised as 'A Black Adder of the High Seas' - how misjudged was that! The comedy is nothing comparable to Black Adder - it is ladish and lukewarm. There is nothing in this book that is as subtle to Black Adder's comedy- take for example Black Adder's description of Baldric’s brain : &quot; ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57986524">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52513539">
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm really not sure how to even sum up this book. Basically, this is about a crew of bumbling pirates whose Pirate Captain (whose main claim to fame is his luxuriant, well-conditioned beard) decides that his crew is getting bored and that it is high time for an adventure. They go out in search of a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52513539">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was first attracted to this book by the cover. It looked quirky, and when I read the blurb, and a few reviews claiming it to be very funny, I decided to give it a go. I'm a fan of pirates so I was hopeful that I'd enjoy this story. Set in the late 1800's, the tale opens with a silent promise to th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17726480">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I first saw this book, I thought the title was one of those misleading ones, taking advantage of the popularity of pirates right now.  But much to my delight, it is a rather humorous tale of actual seafaring pirates.  They may not be very good at what they do (like building bouncy castles out o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15976700">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11577492">
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    <body><![CDATA[What a delightful little book! I recommend this to anyone who likes pirates. Or scientists. Or monkeys. Or ham. This short book follows one of the many adventures of the Pirates! and, in particular, the Pirate Captain. In this adventure, the pirates mistake Charles Darwin and his ship for something ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11577492">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50530344">
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    <body><![CDATA[Found this at the library in a lovely companion-book compilation with the sequel and I just could not resist buying it ($2 aka $1/per book!)  It looked so hilarious, just my cup of tea!  I hope Defoe doesn't get too bawdy (I hate to say it, but a lot of comedies tend that way, especially by male aut...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50530344">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62976582">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the first of the Pirates! adventures, they pillage and then assist Charles Darwin and his man-panzee, Mister Bobo, who has some very interesting words to choose among in his communications system. Having read two of the sequels prior to reading this one, I was surprised at how ruthless the luxuri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62976582">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26105962">
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're in need of a good laugh...<br/>If you enjoy one liners...<br/>If you laugh at almost anything cheesy...<br/>If you like pirates...<br/><br/>Then let me recommend <em>The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists</em>.  This book can be read in just a couple hours (although it took me a couple o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26105962">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yar.  This book is funny, but definitely on the silly side.  The jokes about pirate life (watery...and yet it smacks of ham) are amusing, thought the plot is hardly worth the effort.  <br/><br/>Good for when you want some light entertainment but aren't in the mood for TV. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't believe I read this from cover-to-cover.  I guess I kept waiting for the &quot;good part&quot; to happen -- you know, the part that made the editor(s) say, we should kill thousands of trees and print this wonderful book.  Blick.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, this was deeply silly.  I mean really, beyond the pale silly.  It was fun, but definitely sacrificed little things like plot, continuity, and coherence for downright silliness.  It was the kind of book I'd be highly tempted to read to my kids, if it weren't for the odd moments of sudden bloods...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32981007">more...</a>]]></body>
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