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Golden Buddha (The Oregon Files #1)
Clive Cussler, creator of the bestselling NUMA and Dirk Pitt series, presents his latest and most intriguing high seas action hero: the enigmatic captain of the Oregon, Juan Cabrillo.
In his first feature-length adventure, it's up to Cabrillo and his crew of expert intelligence and Naval men to put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russi...more
In his first feature-length adventure, it's up to Cabrillo and his crew of expert intelligence and Naval men to put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russi...more
Paperback, 527 pages
Published
March 24th 2005
by Penguin Books
(first published January 1st 2003)
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Siempre he escuchado muy buenos comentarios sobre Clive Cussler, lo que me animo a leer unos de sus libros pero lamentablemente para mí y al parecer según los comentarios de sus seguidores, comencé con su peor libro.
La historia no es mala pero después del tercer capítulo se torna aburrida, con falta de acción, suspenso y secuencia en la trama. El autor introduce en la obra demasiados personajes que no dan a lugar y luego no les desarrolla ninguna trama importante, cosa que no entendí y me parece...more
La historia no es mala pero después del tercer capítulo se torna aburrida, con falta de acción, suspenso y secuencia en la trama. El autor introduce en la obra demasiados personajes que no dan a lugar y luego no les desarrolla ninguna trama importante, cosa que no entendí y me parece...more
If you take a look at the cover of this book, Clive Cussler's name is clearly the focus of the page, but the words inside are, for the most part, certainly not his words. I know the recent trend of some authors is to allow their names to be used as a launch pad for young and upcoming writers (a la Craig Dirgo) but the Golden Buddha is a great example of why this practice is destined to fail. When I pick up a Cussler novel, I want a Cussler plot: action-packed, detailed, and over the top. And whi...more
Over the last few weeks I have had the delightful opportunity to read THE GOLDEN BUDDHA, a novel of the OREGON FILES written by CLIVE CUSSLER. This book masterfully interlaces plot and action to give a relaxing feel to the book that often kept me reading about a crew of mercenaries who for a profit hold peace in the world. Things that excited me to read on in THE GOLDEN BUDDHA included the profoundly developed the characters of the Oregon, the anticipation of the book swelling every chapter, the...more
This was pretty enjoyable. I loved the idea of having unlimited funds, firepower, connections, disguises, skills, intelligence etc in order to accomplish your "righteous" mission. I thought the book should've ended about 3/4 or 8/10 of the way through. It got tiresome towards the end when the espionage aspect took over. The who is schmoozing who, how to connive and buy votes and hide money and so forth was not as interesting to me as the ACTION.
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Forse ho fatto male a scegliere questo libro per avvicinarmi a Clive Cussler, di cui ho tanto sentito parlare, ma di cui non avevo letto ancora nulla... mi si dice che quelli in cui c'è come protagonista Dirk Pitt non sono male (parliamo sempre di letture da ombrellone, sia ben inteso), ma dopo avere letto questo ho proprio voglia e bisogno di una boccata di ossigeno di letteratura, quella vera, non necessariamente impegnata, perchè ammetto che di letture impegnate proprio non ho voglia, ma ques...more
In the adventure novel Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler, the first in the The Oregon Files, an ancient Buddha figure shows up again after having been lost for a decades. A mysterious art trader buys it, but during transport, multiple interested parties try to take it for themselves. The mercenary crew of the Oregon is hired to retrieve the Buddha, as it is needed to help with an international political incident.
Cussler writes the kind of adventure novel I really enjoy, and The Oregon Files add mer...more
Cussler writes the kind of adventure novel I really enjoy, and The Oregon Files add mer...more
Every once in a while I make myself read books by New York Times Bestselling authors. For the most part... they suck. In my opinion this one was no different. The first in the "The Oregon File" Series this book follows the members of The Corporation, a group of mostly ex-military mercenaries whose base station is a ship named The Oregon. The Corporation is a private secret service organization that is hired to pull off secret missions, all while hopefully righting the wrongs of the world.
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The first in a series about a band of mercenaries committed to justice as well as accruing wealth and having great adventures. The corporation does security work / espionage for hire and for the thrill of the game. Led by 'chairman' Juan Cabrillo, a picaresque descendant of the famed (at least in San Diego) Spanish explorer, the crew of the Oregon have a variety of talents. The ship itself appears to be an ordinary tramp freighter, but is loaded with gadgets that would make Q from the James Bond...more
The beginning of a new (to me) series/set of characters/whathaveyou from Cussler. The Oregon is a boat made up to look like it is falling apart but, in reality, it has all the latest high-tech gadgetry. These are not government employees… unless, that is when they are working for the government. They are mercenaries with hearts and who run the business like a business. The Golden Buddha is a relic of Tibetan culture that went missing when the Dali Lama fled Tibet. It has been recovered by "The C...more
I'm always wary of books by popular authors that are written with someone, such as this initial outing in the Oregon Files, written by CLIVE CUSSLER (with Craig Dirgo). Does this mean Cussler wrote it with Dirgo helping out from time to time, or (as I suspect) did Cussler create the universe and the concept, and then Dirgo actually wrote the book itself? Regardless, this first offering in Cussler/Dirgo's new series starring Juan Cabrillo left something to be desired.
The concept itself is sound:...more
The concept itself is sound:...more
I really tried but life is just too short. Clive Cussler may have made a name for himself in the late 70's but anything recent is "co-written" which is to say, ghost written by someone else. Although I totally appreciate, in the case of this book, the lack of much profanity and any sexual content, I cannot finish it. The dialogue is insipid and stilted. The action is predictable and not described very well. The characters are uninteresting and forgettable. Kudos for churning out all the stuff he...more
There are a lot of negative reviews of this book/series, and I'll agree that it's not the best book I've read, but I don't think it deserves a lot of what people say. I didn't go into this expecting the next Moby Dick. I was looking for mindless entertainment and I got it. The only complaint that I have is the number of characters. I listened to this on audiobook so I didn't have access to the list of characters provided in the front of the book. Of course, the simple fact that they had to inclu...more
I first started the Oregon series by reading "Plague Ship," and this book--the first in the series--is actually the last Oregon book I've read. (Unless, of course, Cussler comes out with a follow-up to "The Jungle.")
I was disappointed in this book. It's lackluster compared to the other Oregon Files books. I was tempted to give up reading it. Even though there's a list of characters, I found it cumbersome trying to keep track of all the characters, and for much of the novel it appeared there was...more
I was disappointed in this book. It's lackluster compared to the other Oregon Files books. I was tempted to give up reading it. Even though there's a list of characters, I found it cumbersome trying to keep track of all the characters, and for much of the novel it appeared there was...more
Too many characters that we don't care about and never fleshed out. These guys come up with solutions to problems like the old Batman show" good thing we wore our boots with the bulletproof soles, Robin" . This would be a B action movie on the ScyFy channel, something like "monster moths off from the marsh" starting Jim Hanks "Tom's brother" who was in "Buford's beach bunnies" . Look it up, it's real. Closing thoughts ... I love Clive Cussler books but it might be while before I read another fro...more
A group of well financed mercenaries, a boat that looks like a wreck but contains high tech defensive and offensive systems and can travel 70 knots a Golden Buddha that weighs 696 pounds of solid gold, a crooked art dealer, two egotistical billionaires and a standoff between the Russians and the Chinese. Stir it all up and you have a romping adventure.
In Clive Cussler’s spin-off series from his Dirk Pitt series he has established another skilful and charismatic hero.
In the first book of the seri...more
In Clive Cussler’s spin-off series from his Dirk Pitt series he has established another skilful and charismatic hero.
In the first book of the seri...more
Mar 22, 2010
Barbara ★
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3 of 5 stars
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read-2010
I liked the complicated cons the crew of the Oregon pulled with elaborate costumes and disguises. Seemed more like a troup of actors than mercenaries. However these guys are mercenaries working for profit though usually working towards a worthy goal. They just work "at any cost" to get their objective completed. Some of their actions were terrorist-like and that was disturbing. They were hired to return the golden Buddha to Tibet and then they volunteered to put the Dhali Lama back in power. Thi...more
Nov 10, 2009
Kassandra
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everyone who likes adventure, amputees, sea-going folk
Recommended to Kassandra by:
my husband
Call me silly but sometimes a gal just needs to go on a mindless, far-fetched adventure on an old cargo ship that is really a secret, floating, privately held black ops center commanded by a devlishly handsome one-legged man named Juan and his crew of new millenium-style A-Team operatives.
I hadn't read a Clive Cussler novel before but we had a shelf of these and I had spent too much time in Henry VIII's court of late so I picked up Golden Buddha, the first in the Oregon Files series. That was si...more
I hadn't read a Clive Cussler novel before but we had a shelf of these and I had spent too much time in Henry VIII's court of late so I picked up Golden Buddha, the first in the Oregon Files series. That was si...more
I wouldn't exactly call this Cussler's best work. The beginning of the book was very boring. It only started getting interesting during the daring theft in Macau. Even there the amount of information that the user was subject to was also high. I was especially confused as to how many teams were actually there. The plot was jumping from one team to another. Nevertheless Clive Cussler's books have always been the best.
A real nail-biter and the first novel in the Oregon Files series, this book is pure Cussler. There's little characterization and all action. My only negative is that it jumps around so much that I found it a little hard to follow, especially if I was tired and falling asleep while reading. Great concept, plot, and cleverness that beats a James Bond because it's more believable.
So far, not as good as the later Oregon or Bell books. We were on a road trip and didn't finish. I found the first 1/2 slow. Too many details about the crew and ship etc. which we picked up on easily enough when we started out with later books. Also, many of the crew were unknown to us from later books. Too much going on. The reader was not as good, either. We like the more manly voices of the characters on other tapes. Still a good story, but just long in detail.
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Update:
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I don't know if it was the influence of co-author Craig Dirgo or what, but I found myself enjoying this less than most other Clive Cussler books I've read. I also have to admit that I listened to it on audiobook and really disliked the narrator's reading style. This could have also been why I didn't like the book as well as other CCs.
The story and premise are interesting, the characters somewhat engaging, the geographical and historical backdrop were intriguing and the action was fun. All in all...more
The story and premise are interesting, the characters somewhat engaging, the geographical and historical backdrop were intriguing and the action was fun. All in all...more
DON'T EVER GET THE AUDIO VERSION OF THIS BOOK EVER ITS AWFUL. The book itself is actually pretty good out of all the ones I've listened to so far but the retarded radio transmission crap that you can't understand whats said or that horrid music on top of the atrocious Asian voice effects make the book almost unbearable. Hopefully I don't have any more like this one
The first of a great new adventure series by Clive Cussler, about a "Corporation" that is hired by various conutries to take care of situations for them. The Corporation is extremely well-funded and covert, and pride themselves on only excepting jobs that "right wrongs." This story was about them procuring a golden buddha that had been stolen from the Dalai Lama, as well as helping him return to power in Tibet. It was a fun and exciting read.
I am sure I read this before and I never intentionally read a book twice but I did read this one completely and it reinforced the thought that I want to read more of the "Oregon files" series. Not sure if years ago I read it or another one but so much of this sounded familiar but I still could not remember parts and could not give it up until I read the whole thing.
Nowhere near as good as Cussler by himself and the characters were just not as much fun as Dirk and Al. Also I was pretty bothered by the insinuation that the Dahli Lahma would condone some of the things done in this book. I can't quite put my finger on it but this seemed like a slap in the face to Buddhists. I wont be reading any more Oregon Files books.
I enjoy a good Cussler as much as the next woman, but this is the only one I never cared to finish. A staple of Cussler books is the characters getting out of sticky situations, but the crew of the Oregon files are always one step ahead, and have solved all the "unexpected" issues before we ever get to them, leaving something to be desired.
Just meh. A bunch of details and nothing to make the thing hang together. It's like a bad summer blockbuster - here's a bunch of explosions and car chases, pay no attention to the plot please. I just never really cared what happened. Some promising ideas splattered here and there, and some other oddball stuff that never develop.
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Fun book to read. The technology and capability of "The Corporation" is a little far-fetched (a la Ocean's 11 movies) but it was still entertaining and was at times very suspenseful. There are a lot of characters, sometimes difficult to keep them all straight, but interesting to see how each thread gets woven to the finished product.
This wasnt one of his better books that is for sure. I think that Clive needs to sticke with Dirk Pitt and Kurt Austin. He had help writing this book and i just dont know if it was his help that made it bad or if it was him. This was too bad as every book i have written from him has been really good. Oh well it sucked.
I'm just trying to finish this book. I'm glad this is not the first Clive Cussler book I have read, otherwise it would probably be my last.
There are too many characters spread all over the place and it's hard for me to keep up. I think it has a poor plot as well.
The Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler was mutch better.
There are too many characters spread all over the place and it's hard for me to keep up. I think it has a poor plot as well.
The Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler was mutch better.
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Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time...more
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