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Summary: Cussler does it AGAIN!
Review: I believe Dirk and Al could whip James Bond. Nobody tells a more plausible thriller than Cussler and this book is no exception. So well researched it is a pleasure to read. Although Dirk and Al have 99 lives - we revel in their adventures against the evil in the world. Read this book and keep 'em coming.
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Summary: Excellent Again
Review: My hats off to Mr. Cussler, I have read all of his books and again he has led us through another exciting adventure with Dirk Pitt and all the other NUMA characters. I eagerly await another book with their further exploits.
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Summary: Floating objects displace their own weight...
Review: Mr. Cussler, I am a big fan and have read all your Dirk Pitt books. They are great entertainment. Even when Dirk and Al make escapes more improbable than James Bond or Rambo, they do it in such style that avid readers like me let it slide -- and even enjoy it.However, a theme developed in your newest book posits an improbability that I can't quite get past... In your book, Atlantis Found, your character, Dr. Friend, describes the Ross ice shelf as the largest body of floating ice in the world. The premise of the book is that movement of this ice would cause an imbalance or increased wobble in the rotation of the Earth, triggering a cataclysmic polar shift. Here's what's bugging me... My dad, an old sea-dog told me as a very young boy that a floating object displaces its exact weight in whatever medium w/in which it is floating -- in this case, water. So, if the Ross Ice shelf were to move, the water displaced in its new location would weigh the same as the Ross Ice shelf, and the water that rushed in to fill the position formerly occupied by the ice shelf would weigh just the same as the ice shelf. The only reason floating ice is larger in volume than the water it displaces is that the ice is crystalline and has a lower density. In short, no net weight shift would take place at all. Things would be different if the ice fell from land into the sea. So, either my dad was wrong, or you are. Or perhaps your point is that Nazis are just stupid people...
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Summary: Not his best.
Review: Let's start by saying that the plot and action are top notch Cussler. But...the author seems to have taken it for granted that most readers aren't first time readers to his books. As such he left out considerable character development. All the action in the world gets stale fast if the entire cast of characters are two demensional. By merely providing simple observations into who the characters really are makes all the difference. You see this at the end when the writing becomes much more enjoyable to follow (love involvment, change of relationships, etc.)
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Summary: Cussler does it again - only better
Review: By far the best of his books - with an interesting twist for the major characters that I hadn't expected. I'll read it again and again.
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Summary: Terribly flawed science fiction
Review: I am a Clive Cussler fan and love to escape into a good adventure with Dirk Pitt, Al Giordino, Admiral Sandecker, and other NUMA characters. I have enjoyed all of his books including this one. However, I like my science fiction to be based in sound science and almost all of the science fiction in this book is absurd. Good science fiction should deal with phenomena that we don't know about. For example: existence of extraterrestrial life, faster than light travel by means yet undiscovered, thinking computers, etc. Unfortunately, this offering by Cussler serves up numerous science tales that are known to be not so. Beginning with a comet impact in Hudson Bay a mere 7500 years ago, which didn't happen, and a tale of global plate movement that did occur but slowly and during the past 200 million years rather than in a few years, Cussler causes groans and cringing in the geoscience community. Simple things such as cold water in a warm mine should have been edited out. Alas, the worst flaw is the premise that moving the Ross Ice shelf would cause an imbalance in the distribution of mass on the surface of the Earth. On this little gem, Archimedes would groan loudest of all if he were still around. Of course, the notion of Atlantis is fanciful and fun, but there isn't a scrap of physical evidence that would support its existence. So my recommendation is this. If you perceived the "science fiction" in this book to be plausible, please go buy and read Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World." On the other hand, if you don't really care, the unfortunate fact is that you have lots of company.
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Summary: Cussler is the man.
Review: Let me make it easy for everyone. If you like Cussler you'll like this. If you've never read Cussler and your the guy who complains about the realism in an action movie you won't like it. It's suppossed to be fun, and that's all. Please don't take the english teacher's red pen to it.
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Summary: Atlantis Found
Review: Great piece of writing from the master.I couldn't put the book down.The topic was a classic and he gave us what his fans wanted.Dirk and Al had great career and hopefully this is not the end.If it is then Clive did it the right way.Dirk and Al were the best of friends and the best duo for any adventure.This is a great piece of work from start to end.Clive wrote it the only way to write a good by making you feel you were there with Dirk and Al.This is a must read for any Clive Cussler fan
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Summary: Cussler Fans - Dirk's Back!
Review: Was elated to find my favorite author had written another book! And Dirk Pitt's back! Cussler's main character is getting older, like the rest of us, yet Cussler is keeping him fit and still ready to tackle the adventures we've grown to expect. It's another book I hate to put down and can't wait to pick up again. In writing my first book I've come to respect the quality of Cussler's work, the rivitting story line, and the word flow. Way to go, CC!
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Summary: Excitement all the way!
Review: Clive Cussler does it once again - he has written yet another Dirk Pitt adventure worthy of a place in classic popular literature! This time Dirk Pitt, Al Girodino and assorted colleagues discover the artifacts from an ancient civilisation which was wiped out by a comet hitting the Earth in 7120 BC. This part forms a fantastic prologue. Then we move to 1858 AD, where a British galleon is found in the Antarctic ice filled with treasures from a distant age . . . then in 2001, Dirk is back! What is the significance of a mysterious German billionaire and his family holding Nazi treasures? When he learns that such family, the Wolfs, are responsible for trapping them in a Colorado mine and covering up the evidence to stop others seeing the artifacts, Dirk once again uncovers more than expected - a villian more diabolical than any other he has encountered! When I read what the bad guy's ultimate aim was, it was pure James Bond material, of course, but it didn't stop my enjoyment of the book. Clive Cussler is the master of escapism. The prose is simple to follow without too much in the way of technobabble, the pacing is fast and consistent and the story is surprisingly believeable at times. And the ending was both a surprise in itself and very amusing! We also meet a certain character called Clive Cussler during the second half. 'His name sounds vaguely familiar,' says Dirk Pitt in the narrative. I don't know why people dislike Clive writing himself into the story, I think it's great fun myself. But this book ranks as one of Cussler's finest moments, along with SAHARA, DRAGON, NIGHT PROBE and TREASURE. Don't miss this one!
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