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Summary: FULL SPEED AHEAD!
Review: Dirk and Al are back in business dealing with a megalomaniac with homicidal tendencies. The action starts quickly and doesn't let up even though this a very long book. Maybe Mr. Cussler doesn't have the best grammar or literary skills, but he writes some of the best action novels in the business. Are we out to critique his work or escape into a world of action and suspense? I love Cussler books because of the history mixed in with the action. The different story lines are weaved together well and the characters are second to none. There were some surprises at the end of the book and I was glad to see Dirk get knocked off his pedastal just a little bit( you will have to read the book to see what I mean).All in all, this is a good book to get away with for a while.
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Summary: Good book - BAD tape
Review: I am a big fan of Clive Cussler, and have read all his books. I read Atlantis Found and really enjoyed it. Just recently I bought the book on tape (read by Michael Prichard), for my husband to listen to. He is not a fiction reader, but we listened to Harry Potter with our kids and became addicted to listening to the tapes while driving. Well, the narrator of Atlantis Found was just terrible. He read in monotones, and brought little excitement to the story. Each character sounded the same, except the females and he read them sounding really silly! My husband did enjoy the plot, but we will not listen to Michael Prichard reading a Clive Cussler book again. Mr Prichard should take notes from the Harry Potter narrator (Jim Dale), who was outstanding.
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Summary: One of his best
Review: OK let's face it -- no one reads a Cussler book for the highbrow prose. He has GREAT plots. And this one is original for the way it combines two old plotlines (Atlantis and the Nazis) into an original story. It's well-researched, I might add. And personally I'm THRILLED that he ditched the co-author from the last book and wrote this one himself. Something about Cussler's writing grabs you from the first minute -- who wants poetic writing in an action adventure for Pete's sake? From the discovery of the skull in Colorado to the ultimate discovery in Antartica, this book is a thrill a minute. Who cares that Dirk and Al have been blown up more times than any of us can count? We all secretly want to be Dirk Pitt (and I'm a woman saying this!) surviving with aplomb and humor and worst anyone can hurl at us. Well worth your reading time.
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Summary: What am I missing?
Review: Maybe I didn't enjoy this book because I have not read any of Cussler's other works, but I must say that I was severely dissappointed in this book. I finally gave up trying to be interested about half way through, and that is extremely rare for me. Considering the rave reviews I read, I tried hard to let this book win me over, but all I can tell you is I wont be reading any more from this author.
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Summary: A Pulse-Pounding Pitt Adventure!
Review: As a TRUE Cussler fan since the 70's, I have been with Pitt through the good times and the bad, including the better Pitt books, and the, well there is no such thing as a BAD Pitt book, some are just more thrilling than others. 'Atlantis Found' is DEFINITELY one of Cussler's better Pitt books. I have come to almost refer to Dirk as a personal friend. I know him as good as I know my wife (almost...) and his friends are MY friends. Cussler has given me countless hours of satisfaction and entertainment over the years, and the search for the possible origins of the fabled land of Atlantis is right up Dirk's alley. I have to admit the outcome was a bit different than what I expected, but that is all a part of the fun of reading about Dirk's adventures. Let's face it, James bond...? A WIMP. Indiana Jones...? NERD. Arnold Schwarzenegger...? BIG Nerd. Dirk Pitt is the REAL deal. Tough but sophisticated, Dirk knows how to handle himslef, and in the most dire of situations, he STILL manages to say just what YOU would like to say if YOU were stuck in the seemingly hopeless position he finds himself in on just about every other page. Cussler has once again given us a thrill ride that is every bit as entertaining as any rollercoaster. Clive makes us wonder WHY the bad guys are planning on the end-of-the-world when science says it isn't going to happen...will it or won't it? Read and find out for yourself as Cussler takes you on an adventure that only he could have written. After reading Pitt books now for going on 20 years, it's nice to know that seeing a new novel at the bookstore can STILL get my pulse pounding and make me anxious to get it home and crack it open. Very few, and I mean VERY FEW authors have that kind of talent...and Clive Cussler does it best...and 'Atlantis Found' is one of his very best books.
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Summary: Cussler Not At His Best
Review: It seems that Cussler has faltered with Atlantis Found and has given a plot that seems to Indiana Jonesish with a new history of the world. Cussler's high points were reached with Cyclops and Inca Gold, but this one seems to drop down. While I did like Flood Tide and others in the series, this one was just like a history lesson and wasn't as good as other books of his I'd read. The beginning seemed like a copy off of Inca Gold, with Dirk Pitt saving scientist's from a temple and later realizes a clue that leads him to the villain.
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Summary: Cussler's Best Yet
Review: I am only 13 years old (I started reading Cussler's works when I was 12 )and I am a die-hard fan of Clive Cussler. I am in the process of making a homepage right now about him. I have read Inca Gold, Dragon, and Atlantis Found. I will soon start to read either The Mediterranean Caper, Treasure, Cyclops, or Blue Gold (I dont really know much about the Numa Files series). I think this is by far the best book I have ever read. The technology is fascinating. Once you pick it up you can't put it down. I once read this non-stop for 3 hours on a plane and until we got to our condo. You just always want to read one more chapter. If you are into Cussler this is a must buy!
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Summary: A Comic Book in Hardcover
Review: I had never heard of Clive Cussler or Dirk Pitt when I borrowed this book on the recommendation of a relative. They shall both be quickly forgotten. This was one of the worst-written, ill-conceived books I have read in a long time. The plot was sophmoric and the dialogue inept. This books is best described as a cartoon, a comic book, that somehow made it into hardcover form.
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Summary: An impausible and far-fetched story
Review: Please note: This review contains some major spoilers. Although Cussler is a fairly distinguished adventure writer, and given this was the first Cussler novel I read, his novel was quite disappointing. It wasn't so much the story, which whilst stretched credibility very far, it paled in comparison to the glaring errors in the parts that dealt with Astronomy and Geology. The basic premise of the novel is that a giant, 10km wide comet crashes into Hudson Bay, Canada 10,000 years ago and destroys an ancient civilization in the process. Whilst the comet impact is not implausible, there are a number of major flaws. 1) In the novel, the impactor was described as being worse than the 'Dinosaur Killer' asteroid that hit Earth 65 million years ago. If something of this magnitude had hit Earth it is certain that most mammal life would have gone extinct, including humanity, which at that time only just begun to develop the basics of civilization and agriculture. The restoration of ecosystms and animal life would take many thousands, if not millions of years to recover from such a disaster. It seems ludicrous humankind (as well of the rest of the planet) could have recovered so soon after the impact of a 10km wide comet. 2) The geological events Cussler describes are wrong. If such massive disruptions had taken place, there would be geological or fossil evidence left behind, especially as the event had occured so recently in geological time (less than 50,000 years). Secondly, whilst the part about the post-impact earthquakes is correct, the wild reshuffling of the continents isn't. To speed up plate tectonics would require widespread heating within the core and mantle, or mantle plumes of massive proportions, processes that would take time and a huge amount of energy, more than the impactor could provide. (Note: An impactor may help to trigger volcanism, earthquakes and other geological upheavals, but it would not cause changes on the scales described by Cussler directly.) An impactor releases most of its energy locally, vaporising itself and excavating a crater much larger than the impactor in the process. Unless the impactor is very large (i.e. >100 km) it would not cause widespread heating of the mantle or core. A very large impactor, such as the type that hit Earth during its early accretion phases, would cause extensive melting of the crust and annihalate any existing landforms. It would also boil the oceans and probably also create a hellish atmosphere made of rock vapor. Cussler claims that the Amenes (the advanced seafaring civilisation) knew about the orbit of pluto without telescopes. Pluto, due to its extreme distance from the sun, is incredibly faint. It shines at about magnitude 13. To put that in perspective, the faintest object visible is about magnitude 6 (the lower the magnitude, the brighter the object). It is simply not possible, without the aid of a powerful telescope to know about the existence of an object such as Pluto, let alone determine its orbit. I suppose all this sounds very nitpicky, but as Cussler incorporates so much science in this book, he should try to get it right. -Greg
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Summary: DON'T FLAKE ON US, DIRK!
Review: I have been a Dirk Pitt fan for over 20 years and the only thing I found disappointing about this book is Mr. Cussler's threat to retire Dirk and Al. These two can do anything and find anything, anywhere, anytime (have they gone after the fabled 7 cities of gold, yet, or the Oak Island treasure?) and foil any scheme. They NEVER fail, they never age and they recover in superhuman time. Yes, it's impossible. So is Superman. Yes, the plot goes in all directions before coming together at the end. That's part of Clive Cussler's ironic humor, along with his James Bond type characters and the insertion of his own character and cars into the story a la Hitchcock and King. His ancient history prologues are attention-getters that keep you turning pages wondering how he's going to tie up all these loose ends, but Warning! If you have no sense of humor or if you're looking for logical, prosaic, real-world drama, read the newspaper. If you're looking for toungue-in-cheek, larger-than-life excitement with a couple of true superheroes, you've come to the right place. A hero should be a hero and Dirk Pitt is it, as he once again foils a world shaking plot and at the same time solves an ancient mystery. Keep him coming, Clive!
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