Author: Clive Cussler
Series: The NUMA Files #6
Narrator: Scott Brick
Unabridged: 13 hr
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Published: 08/25/2005
During a very active, interesting life, author. Clive Cussler became interested in writing. He was in the Air Force during the Korean War followed by a career in advertising writing award winning commercials. In 1996 he wrote his first notification work, The Sea Hunters. From that work he was awarded a Doctor of Letters degree, with his work being accepted in lieu of a thesis. Then, in 2002 he was awarded the Naval Heritage Award for his efforts in the subject of marine exploration. He is also a Fellow in three prestigious marine organizations.
In keeping with his marine interests, his books revolved around character, Dirk Pitt, who was a marine engineer, government agent, and adventurer. His first two novels were more traditional maritime thrillers, but the third, Raise the Titanic, established his iconic style.....a blend of high adventure and high technology involving villains, sunken treasure, and beautiful women.
Cussler writes in the style like fellow authors, Michael Crichton, creating techno - thrillers that do not depend on any certain settings with great spectacular and outlandish plot devices. He has had more than seventeen titles on the New York Times fiction best seller list.
It seems Cusslers’ collaboration with Kemprecos produces better stories than the books shared with his son. Or maybe Kurt Austin isn’t as overworked a character as Dirk Pitt. Either way, this is almost classic Cussler. Almost, because the divergent story elements aren’t there like his early couple d......more
I don't like giving negative reviews, so I'll keep this short... Good points: Easy to read, flowing, simple prose, for the most part. Some nice scientific ideas and the bits of technical speak, aside from being a bit clumsy, were fun. Bad points: Sexist, a teensy big misogynist, not very exciting (wh......more
Science fiction. Science banana-nut fantasy fiction! Flipping the magnetic poles with an...antenna? An underground crystal city with wooly mammoths found on a Siberian island? A car chase with a Stanley Steamer car tearing through an active Civil War battlefield? This was my first Clive Cussler book......more
Já havia uns tempos em que anda curioso em relação a este Autor. Talvez fosse pelo grafismo apelativo dos livros, ou pelo seu nome engraçado, ou ainda pelo fascínio que uma aventura com contornos científicos, passada em locais exóticos e no mar, me suscita. A verdade é que finalmente decidi pegar num......more
This was my intro to this author and really had a difficult time in getting used to the author's slang. The story line as usual... dominated by masculine characters (super-human in fact), escaping all odds and saving the world from cataclysm without much unaccounted twists... Readers who are fond of......more