Life of Pi sort of with a capital 'S' – something that would direct my life." He spoke of being lonely and needing direction in his life, and found that writing the novel met this need. The name of Martel's tiger, Richard Parker, was inspired by a character in Edgar Allan Poe's nautical adventure novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" (1838). In this book, Richard Parker is a mutineer who is stranded and eventually cannibalized on the hull of an overturned ship (and there is a dog aboard who is named Tiger). The author also had in mind another occurrence
Blades of the Tiger Blades of the Tiger Blades of the Tiger is a fantasy novel set in the Dragonlance setting, based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. This is the first of a trilogy about Taladas; the second book in the trilogy is "Trail of the Black Wyrm". "Blades of the Tiger" was published in 2005. "Blades of the Tiger" is set in Taladas shortly after the War of Souls, and is generally located in the Imperial League. While attempting to steal back an important work of art, Shedara discovers that the lord of the keep has been attacked and is