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Posted: 9/24/2011 1:12:41 PM EDT
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You'll like his original books a lot better IMHO. Grew up reading them, and even became a commercial diver in part from it.
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Posted: 9/24/2011 1:18:43 PM EDT
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Dirk Pitt for the win!
Early books are great reading. |
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Posted: 9/24/2011 1:24:04 PM EDT
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Woot, have even owned a few Doxa dive watches.
The 'original' (i.e. before his kids) Dirk Pitt books are my favorite. I couldn't get into the Kurt Austin books though. The Oregon Files stories aren't bad, and I'm also liking the newer Isaac Bell series |
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Posted: 9/24/2011 1:27:15 PM EDT
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Wow brings back memories +1
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Posted: 9/24/2011 2:42:18 PM EDT
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Yup. I am listening to the audio books as I get them from the library.
I like 'em. They ain't super awesome, but they ain't bad either. |
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Posted: 9/24/2011 7:24:45 PM EDT
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The Dirk Pitt books are the best.
They all have an interesting maritime mystery from the past, a modern villain, good action, and a sense of humor. Where else are you going to get the hero chasing an escaping barge tow down the Mississippi using an 1850's steam boat while shooting at the bad guys with a Model 1921 Thompson gun. |
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Posted: 9/25/2011 1:24:46 PM EDT
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Just the Dirk Pitt books. All the others are just rehashed Pitt stories.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 5:11:10 PM EDT
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I've only read the Fargo books (actually audio booked 'em since I commute for a couple hours a day), and they are decent.
It's CUSSLER, by the way... |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 7:50:26 PM EDT
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They got me in to reading when I was a young teenager. I've since moved on, but I'd recommend them to anyone who needs to help a young person start reading more.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:46:04 PM EDT
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Quoted:
You'll like his original books a lot better IMHO. Grew up reading them, and even became a commercial diver in part from it. Same here. I've read every single Dirk Pitt book and his non-fiction. Have only read a few of his newer books. |
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Posted: 10/3/2011 7:03:30 PM EDT
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I started with Raise the Titanic when I was about 12,always read above my grade level.
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Posted: 10/4/2011 11:54:53 AM EDT
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Quoted:
Just the Dirk Pitt books. All the others are just rehashed Pitt stories. |
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Posted: 1/30/2012 10:56:51 AM EDT
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I really like the Oregon Files series of books.
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Posted: 1/31/2012 6:48:51 AM EDT
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I have enjoyed his books for nearly two decades now. I really enjoyed the Dirk Pitt books, and had gotten to enjoy the Oregon Files books as well.
There are many interesting alternate looks at real history, when searching for long lost.... |
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Posted: 1/31/2012 6:56:32 AM EDT
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Enjoyed the Dirk Pitt books so much I'm collecting them in hardback.
The others, not so much. |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 9:05:31 PM EDT
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Read all the Dirk Pitt novels, most of the Oregon Files, and all of the NUMA files, oh and one Fargo Adventure. The Dirk Pitt series starting going downhill when his son started writing, but I still read them. I am really enjoying the Isaac Bell stories, though. Actual events from the early 1900's are mixed in with his stories which makes them all the more fun to read.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 10:36:08 PM EDT
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Dirk Pitt for the win!
Early books are great reading. This. I stopped reading them when he introduced new characters. Have read every single Pitt novel, though. ETA: Holy thread ressurection! 
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Posted: 3/26/2012 12:47:38 AM EDT
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I just finished "The Race" and it was okay. Not as good as "the Wrecker" IMHO, but it was a still a good listen.
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Posted: 3/26/2012 3:22:23 PM EDT
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Read four or five of the Dirk Pitt books - they started to all sound the same so I moved on. Plus the last couple I read were just too unbelieveable to swallow. Turned me off. Haven't read any of Cussler's stuff in years. But that's just me.
Not legal advice, MHO, YMMV, etc. |
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Posted: 3/29/2012 2:47:16 AM EDT
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I have most of the originals on my bookshelf. Sahara is still one of my favorites.
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