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Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 07:21 pm | 751st Post |
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Catnip wrote: Geneslamp wrote: HI everyone - It's been awhile -
I'm now on Dragon (Cussler) with Dirk Pitt - so far so good.
Dragon is one of my favorite Cussler books. Let me know what you think about it when you are finished.
All done Dragon. I did enjoy it very much - the ending seemed a little unexplained, if you know what I mean. Cussler didn't go into detail about how the ending (don't want to ruin it for those who have yet to read) transpired. Do you recall if the next book in the series explains how ?
I've read Sahara and Inca Gold - now it's onto Shock Wave.
I might have to go back to Sahara to see if the explanation is in there - LOL
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 12:16 am | 752nd Post |
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Geneslamp wrote: Cussler didn't go into detail about how the ending (don't want to ruin it for those who have yet to read) transpired. Do you recall if the next book in the series explains how ?
It's been so long since I read Dragon, I have no idea how it ends!  
Send me a PM and we can talk about it............
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 12:49 am | 753rd Post |
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| You guys have gotten me interested, and I'm in need of a new series to start. Can someone give a list of Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels, and a suggested reading order? TIA!
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 01:28 am | 754th Post |
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Dirk Pitt and his sidekick Al Giordino are the "hero's" of this beloved series.
Start with Pacific Vortex..............I like his older novels better than the newer ones. (My favorites are Dragon and Sahara). I don't really care for the newer ones that he wrote with his son....for some reason, they are just not as suspensful, imo.
Let me see if I can get a list of them in order............- Pacific Vortex! (1983) ***Though released at a later date this is the first book
- The Mediterranean Caper (1973)
- Iceberg (1975)
- Raise the Titanic! (1976)
- Vixen 03 (1978)
- Night Probe! (1981)
- Deep Six (1984)
- Cyclops (1986)
- Treasure (1988)
- Dragon (1990)
- Sahara (1992)
- Inca Gold (1994)
- Shock Wave (1996)
- Flood Tide (1997)
- Atlantis Found (1999)
- Valhalla Rising (2001)
- Trojan Odyssey (2003)
- Black Wind (2004) - Written with son Dirk Cussler
- Treasure of Khan (2006) - Written with son Dirk Cussler
- Arctic Drift (2008) - Written with son Dirk Cussler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Pitt
http://www.cusslerbooks.com/dirk_pitt_novels.asp
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 03:15 am | 756th Post |
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Becky, those Cussler books are very good IMHO. I think you'll be hooked!
When I finished my last book, I wasn't in the mood for the ones I had left on the shelf so I plunged back into a series that I've been reading for years . . . the Skye O'Malley series by Bertrice Small. Lots of historical descriptions of clothes, food, locations, customs etc. from Ireland to Istabul to France and points between. Really very good if you can get past the "occasional" sex scenes. 
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 03:29 am | 757th Post |
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hstrybuf wrote:
I plunged back into a series that I've been reading for years . . . the Skye O'Malley series by Bertrice Small. Lots of historical descriptions of clothes, food, locations, customs etc. from Ireland to Istabul to France and points between. Really very good if you can get past the "occasional" sex scenes.
OCCASIONAL???????????
I do love that series, though. I have learned SO MUCH about the Ottoman Empire, Turkish sultans and harems from that series. I already knew about the Tudor court and Elizabeth 1st, but for it to be in a fictional format made for some very good reading.
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 03:49 am | 758th Post |
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Catnip wrote: hstrybuf wrote:
I plunged back into a series that I've been reading for years . . . the Skye O'Malley series by Bertrice Small. Lots of historical descriptions of clothes, food, locations, customs etc. from Ireland to Istabul to France and points between. Really very good if you can get past the "occasional" sex scenes.
OCCASIONAL???????????
I do love that series, though. I have learned SO MUCH about the Ottoman Empire, Turkish sultans and harems from that series. I already knew about the Tudor court and Elizabeth 1st, but for it to be in a fictional format made for some very good reading.
Welllll, you know me and my sense of humor! 
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 05:08 pm | 759th Post |
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Catnip wrote: Geneslamp wrote: Cussler didn't go into detail about how the ending (don't want to ruin it for those who have yet to read) transpired. Do you recall if the next book in the series explains how ?
It's been so long since I read Dragon, I have no idea how it ends!
Send me a PM and we can talk about it............
I know what you mean, I've read quite a few of the Cussler novels over the years and with some I had to read the first few pages to make sure I had already (or not) read them. LOL
Memory is not what it used to be.
I did PM you so hopefully I put enough info there to bring the story back to life for you.
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 05:11 pm | 760th Post |
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BeckyThane wrote: You guys have gotten me interested, and I'm in need of a new series to start. Can someone give a list of Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels, and a suggested reading order? TIA!
I see Catnip has the list covered for you -
From what I recall there are three distintive series of Cussler books
The Dirk Pitt series - love them
The Juan Cabrillo series - better known as the Oregon files - also very good
The Craig Dirgo series - not quite as good as the Dirk Pitt novels but still good.
They should keep you in reading material for quite some time. 
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 08:11 pm | 761st Post |
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I just recalled one of the best authors whose writings I absolutely devoured.
Lawrence Sanders - with his Edward X Delaney (Deadly Sin series)
and Archie McNally (Private Investigator) characters.
Detective stories with a twist. Great reading I highly recommend.
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Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 12:58 am | 762nd Post |
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| Thanks for the tip! I always refer back to this thread when it's time to stock up on reading material.
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Posted: Sat Oct 11th, 2008 03:39 pm | 763rd Post |
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All done Shock Wave - and I have to say it will have to go down as one of my favorite Cussler books. Still plugging away at the unfinished list so there may be another I prefer - but this one was great.
Once I've finished up - or get bored with the Cussler series I think I'm going to attack the Lawrence Sanders that I've missed over the child rearing years LOL
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Posted: Fri Oct 17th, 2008 11:31 pm | 764th Post |
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| I've finished Skye O'Malley and I'm about halfway through the next book in the series, All the Sweet Tomorrows.
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Posted: Fri Oct 17th, 2008 11:39 pm | 765th Post |
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Finished Raymond Khoury's Sanctuary the other day. I was thoroughly underwhelmed. Long on action, short on plot. By the time I got to the end, I thought, "Who cares?" about the supposed uncovered secret. Not near as good as many others in the same genre (e.g., Dan Brown's Angels & Demons, The DaVinci Code; Khoury's previous novel, The Last Templar).
Just started Douglas Preston's newest, Blasphemy, last night. Went to the library to start on Nipper's Cussler/Dirk Pitt list but came out with that one. 
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Posted: Sat Oct 18th, 2008 03:10 pm | 766th Post |
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BeckyThane wrote: Finished Raymond Khoury's Sanctuary the other day. I was thoroughly underwhelmed. Long on action, short on plot. By the time I got to the end, I thought, "Who cares?" about the supposed uncovered secret. Not near as good as many others in the same genre (e.g., Dan Brown's Angels & Demons, The DaVinci Code; Khoury's previous novel, The Last Templar).
Just started Douglas Preston's newest, Blasphemy, last night. Went to the library to start on Nipper's Cussler/Dirk Pitt list but came out with that one.
I did read Blasphemy awhile back - it did drag quite a bit - and I personally found it was too entailed - technical. Hopefully, you'll enjoy it more.
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Posted: Sat Oct 18th, 2008 03:22 pm | 767th Post |
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Geneslamp wrote: BeckyThane wrote: Finished Raymond Khoury's Sanctuary the other day. I was thoroughly underwhelmed. Long on action, short on plot. By the time I got to the end, I thought, "Who cares?" about the supposed uncovered secret. Not near as good as many others in the same genre (e.g., Dan Brown's Angels & Demons, The DaVinci Code; Khoury's previous novel, The Last Templar).
Just started Douglas Preston's newest, Blasphemy, last night. Went to the library to start on Nipper's Cussler/Dirk Pitt list but came out with that one.
I did read Blasphemy awhile back - it did drag quite a bit - and I personally found it was too entailed - technical. Hopefully, you'll enjoy it more.
LOL Well, hubby is a high-energy physicist and I'm a theologian, so perhaps it'll hold a bit more interest for me.
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Posted: Mon Oct 27th, 2008 11:47 pm | 768th Post |
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| So has anyone one read anything interesting??????
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Posted: Mon Nov 10th, 2008 11:00 pm | 769th Post |
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hstrybuf wrote: I've finished Skye O'Malley and I'm about halfway through the next book in the series, All the Sweet Tomorrows.
Is this the first time you are reading those, Deb? I thought you had read that series before. I have read them ALL and I just love them. Very sexy, and very historic.....I loved the ones with Elizabeth Tudor in them............
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Posted: Tue Nov 11th, 2008 12:30 am | 770th Post |
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Catnip wrote: hstrybuf wrote: I've finished Skye O'Malley and I'm about halfway through the next book in the series, All the Sweet Tomorrows.
Is this the first time you are reading those, Deb? I thought you had read that series before. I have read them ALL and I just love them. Very sexy, and very historic.....I loved the ones with Elizabeth Tudor in them............
No, I've read the first few in the series several times. Now I'm going through all of her books and picking up some I've misplaced or just didn't have and reading them all. I needed something a bit lighter but something that would also keep my attention. These books do that!
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Posted: Wed Nov 12th, 2008 06:56 pm | 771st Post |
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Hi everyone - been catching up on some light reading - Robert Ludlum and John Grisham - I was surprised to see I had missed quite a few over the early 90's - LOL I must have had better things to do at the time.
Thanks for the suggestions - when I run out of the above I'll be lookin for new authors to try out.
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Posted: Wed Nov 12th, 2008 07:38 pm | 772nd Post |
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I am beside myself! I just discovered that one of my favorite authors, Katherine Neville, has her new book out! 
It's called "The Fire" and it's the much awaited sequel to "The Eight", which was published about 20 years ago. The Eight is, to this day, my very favorite book. I cannot wait to get the new book!
For those that don't know this book, it is on the order of "The Da Vinci Code".
http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Novel-Katherine-Neville/dp/0345500679
http://www.katherineneville.com/neville-fire-synopsis.htm
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Posted: Thu Nov 13th, 2008 01:41 pm | 773rd Post |
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BeckyThane wrote: Geneslamp wrote: BeckyThane wrote: Finished Raymond Khoury's Sanctuary the other day. I was thoroughly underwhelmed. Long on action, short on plot. By the time I got to the end, I thought, "Who cares?" about the supposed uncovered secret. Not near as good as many others in the same genre (e.g., Dan Brown's Angels & Demons, The DaVinci Code; Khoury's previous novel, The Last Templar).
Just started Douglas Preston's newest, Blasphemy, last night. Went to the library to start on Nipper's Cussler/Dirk Pitt list but came out with that one.
I did read Blasphemy awhile back - it did drag quite a bit - and I personally found it was too entailed - technical. Hopefully, you'll enjoy it more.
LOL Well, hubby is a high-energy physicist and I'm a theologian, so perhaps it'll hold a bit more interest for me.
Just finished Blasphemy last night. A decent enough read, which was more than I could say for Preston's Tyrranosaur Canyon, which I still haven't finished. It sure paints the religious right as a bunch of rabid crazies, tho.
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| I started The Lost Tomb by David Gibbins a few days ago. Same genre as DaVinci Code, The Last Templar, etc. We really need to come up with a name for this genre! So far the first 100 pages are rather pedantic... I'm assuming this is the knowledge-base for what will follow.
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Posted: Thu Nov 13th, 2008 03:21 pm | 775th Post |
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BeckyThane wrote: I started The Lost Tomb by David Gibbins a few days ago. Same genre as DaVinci Code, The Last Templar, etc. We really need to come up with a name for this genre!
HAve you read The Eight, Becky? If you are into history and suspense, I think you'd like it!
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