Why does Clive Cussler appear in some but not all of the Dirk Pitt books and why doesn't Dirk recognise him when they bump into each other again?

Thats a point! Does Cussler wear disguises ?

Cheers ;)

Usually, Clive usually appears the same, at least description-wise, to Pitt each time they meet. I think that is part of the Cussler "in-joke", Pitt not being able to place where they'd met before.

i think that it's a little tongue in cheek CC just likes to have fun too. :rolleyes:

I agree with Foss Gly.I think Clive Cussler did it this way as a bit of a joke as well.Its a new approach for authors to do this.But as i remember Alfred Hitchcock always appeared in his movies in a cameo role.Maybe Clive took a leaf our of his book.

I wonder who would play Clive Cussler in the film? A cameo by the man himself?

With Clive suing the studio to attempt to stop production, I don't think there's a chance in hell that he would appear in the movie.

maybe to "moon" the director ;) ;)

Clive Cussler introduced himself as a character in his Dirk Pitt avdenture series for fun the first time in Dragon. Due to the popluar reponses from his fans (I read this tidbit in Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed), Cussler kept the tradition going. :rolleyes:

Book (Chapter):
Dragon (29)
Sahara (28,29)
Inca Gold (35)
Shock Wave (23)
Flood Tide (32)
Atlantis Found (37)
Valhalla Rising (16)
Trojan Odyssey (49)

I asked Clive about this point during his TO tour. He said that the first time he wrote himself into a novel he did it as a joke and fully expected to be edited out. Instead, the editor liked the idea and left his cameo in place. Thus a tradition was born.