How does an author maintain a successful career for more than a quarter century? By making each book better than the one before. Dubbed the grandma...
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Jul 25, 2011
Kiri
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Ok I admit it. I adore a good adventure -- even the cheesy, over the top, omg end-of-the-world ramifications, mary-sue/gary-stu inducing kind - as long as the plot is exciting and it is well written. Think of it as cotton candy for the mind. Never good in huge doses but a delight to enjoy. I'm always willing to take on the most recent pile of Cussler novels an old housemate passes along to me to enjoy.
In this Dirk Pitt adventure we off into another historical mystery. I don't wi More...
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Jan 30, 2012
Elecktra
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ecco come dovrebbero chiamarsi tutti i libri di questo autore!
è una cosa allucinante, fantascientifico all'inverosimile...fa fin sbellicare dalle risate per quanto sia...sia...così...non ci sono modi per descriverlo!!!
come può un uomo, un semplice omuncolo avere donne che gli cadono ai piedi ad ogni passo che fa e riuscire nel contempo a salvere il mondo da catastrofi di dimensioni inimmaginabili!?
bè Dirk Pitt c'è la fa amici miei...
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è una cosa allucinante, fantascientifico all'inverosimile...fa fin sbellicare dalle risate per quanto sia...sia...così...non ci sono modi per descriverlo!!!
come può un uomo, un semplice omuncolo avere donne che gli cadono ai piedi ad ogni passo che fa e riuscire nel contempo a salvere il mondo da catastrofi di dimensioni inimmaginabili!?
bè Dirk Pitt c'è la fa amici miei...
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Aug 23, 2011
Christine
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Plot: Dirk Pitt is a NUMA director and always manages to get involved in some big adventure or another. This time a group of next generation Nazis are planning to turn the world upside down (almost literally) to be rid of all but their chosen. They’ve even got the boats ready, Noah style. Can Dirk save the world before it’s too late?
Characters: Dirk Pitt is loveable, if a little too able to escape death James Bond style. But he’s joined by his good friend Giordino who finds love in this novel. T More...
Characters: Dirk Pitt is loveable, if a little too able to escape death James Bond style. But he’s joined by his good friend Giordino who finds love in this novel. T More...
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May 20, 2011
Andy
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Another good one from Cussler… relatively speaking, of course. Atlantis did exist but not as an island. Rather, an advanced civilization that was virtually wiped out by a comet strike in the Hudson Bay area. They weren't hit by the comet itself, rather, the comet caused mass extinction and a drastic change to the environment and continent alignment. Survivors left behind warnings but they weren't found until much later. By the Nazis. I hate Nazis. So that Aryans are involved in this one t
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Jan 19, 2011
Dan
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Dirk Pitt, the star of most of Clive Cussler's novels, seems to basically just be an extension of Cussler's fantasies. Dirk is a scientist and suave alpha male who routinely saves the world with the requisite self-deprecation and pinache, while always getting the girl (the next girl that is, since he has an ongoing seemingly commitment-free relationship with a gorgeous lady senator). Pitt also has an extensive collection of antique cars, and a plane or two, many of which have starring roles in v
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Aug 22, 2010
Brian
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"Destiny Enterprises, a corporation run Karl and Hugo Wolf (neo-Nazis), is preparing a doomsday event. When mysterious black obsidian skulls of an ancient culture begin to turn up in the Rocky Mountains and Argentina, Pitt and Al team up with Pat O'Connell, an expert in ancient languages, to decipher the meaning of the artifacts.
The skulls were made 10K years ago in a then-temperate Antarctica by a seafaring civilization advanced enough to predict its own destruction by a com More...
The skulls were made 10K years ago in a then-temperate Antarctica by a seafaring civilization advanced enough to predict its own destruction by a com More...
Jul 08, 2010
Mental
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To those who seek an adventure as grossly disproportunate to one's life of drivelous normalcy, there are few writers that can creat a yarn of page turning fun as Cussler can. I've been reading him for years, and while quite the extender of possible truths, why care if each page is what it is...fictional? The Pitt series are great summer reads, on a porch, in the shade, drinking a mint julep, instead of doing yard work, cleaning the garage, etc.
Who cares if the plots are a stretch fo More...
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Mar 13, 2010
Jason
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I enjoyed the movie Sahara, so I’ve meant to read a Dirk Pitt novel by Clive Cussler for a while. As far as I could tell they were classic adventure yarns that would have been at home in a 1930s cliffhanger, but taking place in the modern day. I picked up Atlantis Found at Bentonville library because Atlantis interests me.
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There is a lot to this story. After a mysterious, prehistoric chamber is found deep in the Rocky Mountains, assassins are sent to eliminate the scien More...
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There is a lot to this story. After a mysterious, prehistoric chamber is found deep in the Rocky Mountains, assassins are sent to eliminate the scien More...
Dec 10, 2010
Jim
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WTF happened to Cussler? Did he go senile & lose his touch or has he always been this crappy a writer? I LIKED "Sarhara", but "Atlantis Found" just SUCKS. After plodding through this book on audio for days, I started to listen today & his hero uses a string to tie 3 rifles together. Then he ties the string to the triggers, runs out of a cave filled with smoke & fire, makes a head shot & then shoots down a helicopter. There is a limit to my suspension of belief & this was
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Nov 25, 2011
Sue
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This is only the second book I've read by Cussler (I read Raise the Titanic many years ago) and if you're looking for a lot of action, a lot of car/weapon/tech porn, and non-stop action, you've come to the right place. If you're looking good writing, fleshed-out characters and elegant prose, on the other hand...keep looking. Nevermind the occasional spelling/word error and the glaring writing issues that a good editor should have corrected, there were some real eye-rolling moments that made me t
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Mar 21, 2011
Eric
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Aug 29, 2008
Jeff
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Great book - Could not put it down! Great take on the legend of Atlantis. Cussler's action sequences are very fun and makes you wish the whole book was all action. But he spins the story/plot in w/ ease. His villains are always scary enough to respect them, and the tension toward the deadline of the end of the world builds perfectly.
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Jan 19, 2010
Marilyn
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Dirk Pitt is always good for a good adventure. This book could be 3 separate books. But...it's not. One part of it takes place in Colorado, one episode in Argentina's Pategonia, and the 3rd episode in and over Antarctica. Of course they all interact, hence a single book. So...when did man first walk the earth? Over 9000 years ago? Was he much more skilled and intellegent than we are today? Why this lost city found carved in ice? Who carved it? Was Adolf Hitler really involved? Can you conceive o
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Oct 10, 2009
Skdecker
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Mr Cussler is getting pretty formulaic. Dirk Pitt, derring undersea adventurer, saves a beautiful and brilliant girl from certain death as the book opens, and later finds that another mystery/peril has come up and-guess what-- she's involved in that as well. In between there is a car chase in an antique auto (best part of the book so far). At the end I'm sure he will save the world from the re-establishment of the Nazi empire, but I'm not sure I have the patience or interest to wait it out.
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Feb 15, 2011
Samie
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Dec 16, 2009
Christie
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Love it so far! Cussler is one of my favs as far as authors go! This one is a fun read. Not his best, but always entertaining.
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Aug 31, 2010
another brilliant thrill ride from Mr Cussler. This one is a joint fave of mine with another Clive Cussler book, but i really cant hold one that much higher then another, all of them are excellent. in this story, the heroric Dirk Pitt and his friends are put up against the decendents of prehaps the most evil figure in human history. in a thrilling race from start to finish, Pitt and Co have to endure and overcome a increasingly harder set of tasks that leads them to a revealation that will chang
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Jul 31, 2011
Brian
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The most famous of the “bromantic” writers, Cussler fills his tales with two buddies who run around blowing crap up, finding treasure, and rescuing hot scientist chicks. You occasionally learn something about science, politics or weapons, usually while the main protagonists are cracking jokes during intense gunfire. In this particular tale, they discover an ancient civilization, kill a bunch of new generation Nazis living in Argentina and save the planet. Again.
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Nov 10, 2010
Lisa
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This isn't a book I would have chosen, however it is my friends' favorite author and she chose it for book club. I liked the story but had a little problem with the writing style. I was either bored to death and had to force myself to read the book, or else I couldn't put it down. This rotated throughout the entire book. I would however be willing to read another Clive Cussler book and won't disregard him just yet. I enjoyed the main character and would love to meet him, if he were real. That su
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Jan 04, 2012
Dan
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The first Clive Cussler novel I read, got me hooked on the action thriller / airplane novel. You know the kind of book you read on a plane or on vacation. Cussler's main protagonist is Dirk Pitt a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Jacue Cousteau. Cussler novels are pretty silly with some kind of evil super villain bent on world destruction. This one had Nazis and the city of Atlantis. So its rather tame compared to Cussler ideas. Spoiler Alert: Pitt saves the day, doesn't get a s
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Dec 13, 2011
Marsha
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I had an unreasonable idea that due to the popularity of the author, the writing would be better than average but that is far from the case. The narration is so heavy-handed it leaks over into the characters and they have no voices of their own. The dialog is often informational past the point of sense, leaving me wondering why anyone would go to the trouble of explaining these things in any conversation. And for that matter, who the hell talks like these characters? No explanation is given for
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Dec 21, 2011
Holly (Full Moon Bites)
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In this fifteenth Dirk Pitt novel by Clive Cussler, Dirk is once again saving the world from terrible, catastrophic destruction that would kill millions if not all people on earth; not to mention the plant life, sea life and animal life as well.
As with this authors' other books in the series, Cussler starts off from the very start of the events that will lead up to the present day—2001—and Dirk Pitt.
In Atlantis Found we kind of have tw More...
In this fifteenth Dirk Pitt novel by Clive Cussler, Dirk is once again saving the world from terrible, catastrophic destruction that would kill millions if not all people on earth; not to mention the plant life, sea life and animal life as well.
As with this authors' other books in the series, Cussler starts off from the very start of the events that will lead up to the present day—2001—and Dirk Pitt.
In Atlantis Found we kind of have tw More...
Jan 10, 2011
Jacob
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Atlantis Found, by Clive Cussler, is one of his classics. Dirt Pitt, the main character, who represents Clive, goes on another mission to find something that is only a myth. He travels around the world, looking for this artifact and along the way runs into trouble. Just like in the other books in the series, he always finds a way to outsmart the bad people and always finds what he is looking for. In this book it was not so simple; he had to use the bad people to find the artifact. This is d
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Aug 17, 2010
Emma
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The first few chapters were really interesting, but some of the plot was obvious from the outset.
Dirk Pitt was the character that ruined it for me, I just could not care enough for him despite him being the main character. It might sound harsh but at times it seemed like he was a mouthpiece for the author to progress the plot - if anyone knew what was going on, it was Pitt. After about halfway through, it got really annoying.
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Dirk Pitt was the character that ruined it for me, I just could not care enough for him despite him being the main character. It might sound harsh but at times it seemed like he was a mouthpiece for the author to progress the plot - if anyone knew what was going on, it was Pitt. After about halfway through, it got really annoying.
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Nov 06, 2009
Started reading Clive Cussler right here and this book made me want to read more of his Dirk Pitt adventures. This one is very well written and has some great adventure from start to finish, with Dirk Pitt saving the world from unspeakable disaster. If you like high adventure with historic mysteries and high-tech gadgetry, you'll love this book. Of all the Clive Cussler books I've read so far (About 4 or 5, this one really stands out as far of quality of writing and the broad scope of the advent
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Feb 06, 2012
Robin
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Action and adventure throughout. Dirk Pitt and his crew are invincible and heroic. They face danger and near death at every turn. It keeps moving and teaches you some scientific details along the way. You have to be in the mood. Not only is Pitt infallible and renowned, he has a collection of antique cars and an amazing and unique home. Women throw themselves at him at every turn - but he usually keeps himself for one perfect and brilliant female senator who has eyes for only Dirk.
Jun 15, 2011
dan
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I was a voracious reader once upon a time. I borrowed this book from a friend back in middle school and read it in one day.
It wasn't particularly good, but I had never read anything like it before. To this day, I think it's the only "pulp"-y novel I've ever read. It was pretty cool though -- terribly unbelievable at times, but fun to read.
I guess it's typical action/thriller fare, but there was something about it that appealed to me way back when.
It wasn't particularly good, but I had never read anything like it before. To this day, I think it's the only "pulp"-y novel I've ever read. It was pretty cool though -- terribly unbelievable at times, but fun to read.
I guess it's typical action/thriller fare, but there was something about it that appealed to me way back when.
Jul 30, 2011
Simon
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Tripe.
I read this book because I had seen a lot of 'Clive Cussler' on the store bookshelves, so I thought I'd see what all the panic was about. The writing style was poor; the storyline was very dull and my grey matter was not stimulated in the slightest. I seriously can't work out what the target audience is. People who like Steven Seagal films don't read books, do they? Don't waste your time or money.
I read this book because I had seen a lot of 'Clive Cussler' on the store bookshelves, so I thought I'd see what all the panic was about. The writing style was poor; the storyline was very dull and my grey matter was not stimulated in the slightest. I seriously can't work out what the target audience is. People who like Steven Seagal films don't read books, do they? Don't waste your time or money.
Jan 12, 2009
Fred
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It was a page-turner of sorts; I did want to find out what happens next. There's constant action. There's also what borders on unbelievable survival by Dirk. What really turns me off are the excessive descriptions of what seemed like every little thing. It's not that he got on a motorcycle, it's that he mounted a 1942 limited edition Indian with this and that. Near the end I started to skim.
