Clive Cussler Appreciation Thread
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I'm working my way through the NUMA series at the moment - good old fashioned hero and villain stories which rip along at a pace.
Read the books in order if you can - like the NUMA series, Robinson's storylines, and especially his cast, continue from one book to the next.
AUDIHenry said:
Any other authors along the same lines you can recommend to me?
You could try Patrick Robinson. Read the books in order if you can - like the NUMA series, Robinson's storylines, and especially his cast, continue from one book to the next.
Early stuff was good escapism but it seems now that everything is ghost-written & just churned out to pay the tax bill.
Similarly with Tom Clancy. Technically detailed, nicely convoluted yarns but recent stuff is just collaborative pap using his name.
His detailed accounts of submarine warfare are gripping & I believe he's written several academic texts on naval warfare.
So far Wilbur Smith seems to keep the good ones coming.
Similarly with Tom Clancy. Technically detailed, nicely convoluted yarns but recent stuff is just collaborative pap using his name.
His detailed accounts of submarine warfare are gripping & I believe he's written several academic texts on naval warfare.
So far Wilbur Smith seems to keep the good ones coming.
cobra kid said:
swerni said:
Have read all the books.
As said, the earlier ones were much better, maybe it's time to retire.
If you like Cussler you will love Lee Child's books
Read all them as well! (well...apart from the one i saw had just come out)As said, the earlier ones were much better, maybe it's time to retire.
If you like Cussler you will love Lee Child's books
Good old Reacher.
Man alive, I love Clive Cussler. I read Mayday when I was 13 back in 1989 and have read every single book of his.
Yes, they are a bit shallow and you can spot the threads in the story by about page 25, but you know, for a light hearted read, it's great.
It doesn't take itself too seriously and come on, who wouldn't want to be Dirk Pitt?
As for similar - Wilbur Smith is defo one of my fav's - the Courtney's is great. The Egypt series abotu Taita the Slave (River God I think) is also great and really makes you feel part of the landscape.
Yes, they are a bit shallow and you can spot the threads in the story by about page 25, but you know, for a light hearted read, it's great.
It doesn't take itself too seriously and come on, who wouldn't want to be Dirk Pitt?
As for similar - Wilbur Smith is defo one of my fav's - the Courtney's is great. The Egypt series abotu Taita the Slave (River God I think) is also great and really makes you feel part of the landscape.
Yet another fan of Cussler, and Wilbur Smith.
Was in the library last week ( Yes, some of us do use them
) and am currently two thirds of the way through "The Chase" (Cussler), and to follow that I have "The Quest" by Wilbur Smith, this one is a follow on from "River God", "Seventh Scroll" and "Warlock". Am looking forward to getting stuck into this one.
Was in the library last week ( Yes, some of us do use them
) and am currently two thirds of the way through "The Chase" (Cussler), and to follow that I have "The Quest" by Wilbur Smith, this one is a follow on from "River God", "Seventh Scroll" and "Warlock". Am looking forward to getting stuck into this one.I picked up a couple in airports last year and enjoyed them as page turners, although Atlantis Found was a bit too preposterous for me - there's only so far that belief can be suspended.
However, my main bugbear is that he keeps putting HIMSELF in as minor characters. Which is just as bad as the Julia Roberts thing in Ocean's 12 and completely infuriating.
OI! CUSSLER! NO!
However, my main bugbear is that he keeps putting HIMSELF in as minor characters. Which is just as bad as the Julia Roberts thing in Ocean's 12 and completely infuriating.
OI! CUSSLER! NO!
rich1231 said:
Just read the navigator.
Out of all the writers in the gene I have read.. Cussler is absolutely the worst at creating anything more than the shallowest of characters.
Not impressed at all.
Agreed - completely hopeless.Out of all the writers in the gene I have read.. Cussler is absolutely the worst at creating anything more than the shallowest of characters.
Not impressed at all.
Some of his earlier books were decent airport trash - Treasure, and Sahara were OK, if nothing special.
Read one of the latest ones and gave it up halfway through. It was terrible.
Another CC fan here, although I agree, you can see the plots after a few pages 
Love WS as well, although I'm not a fan of the Egypt stuff.
James Patterson is definately only really writing the Cross books now, and even they are getting other authors names on them...
Herbert & Kootz are completely different genres, but bloody excellent at what they do, not just scaring you into putting the book down and not sleeping without a light on, but also making you think
Love WS as well, although I'm not a fan of the Egypt stuff.
James Patterson is definately only really writing the Cross books now, and even they are getting other authors names on them...
Herbert & Kootz are completely different genres, but bloody excellent at what they do, not just scaring you into putting the book down and not sleeping without a light on, but also making you think
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