Many years ago some authors thought it would be a good idea to let their readers know, which other works of fiction inspired them to write their own. As this is a great idea in fact, I entrust you with this list of works that influenced me, or better: made The Weird Admiral what he is today …

Books and Written Stories
  • Aickman, Robert (1966): The Wine-Dark Sea.
  • Hemingway, Ernest (1951): The Old Man and the Sea.
  • Lovecraft, Howard Philips (1908-1935): various works, especially
    • Dagon (1917)
    • The White Ship (1919)
    • The Terrible Old Man (1920)
    • The Temple (1920)
    • The Festival (1923)
    • The Call of Cthulhu (1926)
    • The Strange High House in the Mist (1926)
    • At the Mountains of Madness (1931)
    • The Shadow over Innsmouth (1931)
  • Melville, Herman (1851): Moby Dick.
  • Nadolny, Sten (1983): Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit.
  • Stevenson, Robert Louis (1883): Treasure Island (The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys)
  • Verne, Jules (1871): Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
    • Riordan, Rick (2022): Daughter Of The Deep.
  • Wyndham, John (1953): The Kraken Wakes.
Motion Pictures and TV Series
  • Carpenter, John (1980): The Fog.
  • Carpenter, John (1982.): The Thing.
  • Dezaki, Osamu (1978): Treasure Island.
  • Eggers, Robert (2019): The Lighthouse.
  • Gillespie, Craig (2016): The Finest Hours.
  • Harlin, Renny (1995): Cutthroat Island.
  • Henson, Brian; Lane, David (1996): Muppets Treasure Island.
  • Huston, John (1956): Moby Dick.
    • Barker, Mike (2011): Moby Dick. (TV Miniseries)
  • Kajganich, David (2018): The Terror (Series One)
  • Kim, Jeong-hoon (2022): Pirates! The Last Royal Treasure.
  • Kirschner, David (1991): The Pirates of Dark Water.
  • Lawrence, Francis (2022): Slumberland.
  • Levine, Robert; Steinberg, Jonathan E. (2014-2017): Black Sails.
  • McTiernan, John (1990): The Hunt For Red October.
  • Milestone, Lewis; Reed, Carol (1962): Mutiny on the Bounty.
  • Moore, Ronald D.; et al. (2002-2009): Battlestar Galactica.
  • Musker, John; Clements, Ron (2002): Treasure Planet.
  • Petersen, Wolfgang (1981): Das Boot.
  • Petersen, Wolfgang (2000): The Perfect Storm.
  • Roddenberry, Gene; et al. (1987-1994): Star Trek – The Next Generation.
  • Scott, Ridley (1979): Alien.
  • Sutherland, Hal (1967/8): The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (Aquaman Episodes)
  • Wan, James (2018): Aquaman.
  • Weir, Peter (2003): Master and Commander – The Far Side of the World
  • — (1978): Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
  • — (2003-2017): Pirates of the Caribbean
    • Verbinski, Gore (2003): The Curse of the Black Pearl.
    • Verbinski, Gore (2006): Dead Men’s Chest
    • Verbinski, Gore (2007): At World’s End
    • Marshall, Rob (2011): On Stranger Tides
    • Sandberg/Ronning (2017): Dead Men Tell No Tales
Music
  • AHAB (Nautical Doom)
  • Alestorm (Scottish Pirate Metal)
  • Storm Seeker (Nautical Folk Metal)
Videogames
  • Fabled Game (2019): Pirates Outlaws.
  • Gilbert, Ron (1990-2022): Monkey Island Series.
    • The Secret Of Monkey Island (1990)
    • Le Chuck’s Revenge (1991)
    • The Curse of Monkey Island (1997)
    • Return To Monkey Island (2022)
Tabletop Board Games
  • Cathala, Bruno; Rivière, Théo (2022): Sea Salt & Paper.
  • Cole, Chip; Rosenthaler, Ian; Vaszi, Nikoletta; Wermke, Felix (2021): Tiny Epic Pirates.
  • Köhrsen, Andrea (2009): Black Stories Junior: Blue Stories. 50 sagenumwobene Rätsel aus den Tiefen des Meeres.
  • Loring-Albright, Greg (2022): Ahoy!
  • Perkins, Christopher; Falcone, Trystan (2022): Spelljammer. Adventures in Space. (Setting box for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition)
  • Pfister, Alexander (2014): Port Royal.
  • Sasaki, Jun; Sasaki, Goro (2014): Deep Sea Adventure.
Tabletop Roleplaying and Storytelling Games
  • Limithron (2023): Pirate Borg.
  • Martin, Sarah; Jung, Karl; Klaus (2023): Slay! Das Dungeonslayers-Magazin, Ausgabe 6 “Schiffe und Schätze”, April 2023.
  • Soper, Greg (2021): Starbones. A Paragon Playset.
Non-Fiction Books
  • Graeber, David (2023): Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia. Allen Lane.