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Mostly Heep	Posted: Oct 7 2004, 05:31 PM
Life Member Group: CCForum admin Posts: 4,356 Member No.: 355 Joined: 21-March 04	This is the book that started me on my Clive Cussler/Dirk Pitt journey.Still one of my favorites. This is where Clive started his multipule plot lines.The first book where Dirk pulls off the impossible.The first book that starts in the past. All features that persist to this day. In my mind Clive has gone through certain chapters in his writing career. The first 3 books were just straight ahead adventure stories. The next 3 are more complex.I will get to the rest soon enough. It is actually a pretty straight forward book compared to his latest offerings.But it is extremely rich in detail.It is also a fairly short book when you consider the subject. My favorite scene is the surfacing of the Titanic.It is so well written that it still gives me goosebumps even after all these years. It may not be his best written book but for all the above factors and the fact that it got me started on this amazing journey I give it a 10 out of 10.

Nick Kismet	Posted: Oct 7 2004, 07:56 PM
Adventure Novelist...no, really! Group: CCForum admin Posts: 935 Member No.: 2,724 Joined: 10-September 04	You hit every point I would have. This novel began, IMHO, the golden age of Dirk Pitt. My only complaint (and I have to strain for this) is Pitt's adultery with Dana Seagram. It's a sticky point, I know. She had already separated from her workaholic borderline husband, but still it was kind of an un-heroic point in Pitt's distinguished career, esp. since there was obviously never any emotional depth to their relationship. Maybe it was a 70's thing, but I always thought this episode put a dark stain on Pit's chivalry. For shenanigans, it loses half a point 9.5

Sandecker Fan	Posted: Oct 7 2004, 10:27 PM
If it's old and mechanical I want it. Group: CCForum Member Posts: 3,920 Member No.: 466 Joined: 14-April 04	This book was my introduction to Dirk Pitt and I haven't been able to stop reading since. I loved this book. I've read two copies to tatters. The adultery thing and the fact of the F-bomb keeps me from letting my kids read this book. For me I'll rate this a 9.9. "Thank God for Southby."

RudiGunn	Posted: Oct 7 2004, 10:39 PM
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 59 Member No.: 693 Joined: 28-June 04	Raise the Titanic was also my first Cussler read and I've been hooked since. I loved the whole plot with the undercover agent in Russia and the fact that it was told from so many different characters points of view. As far as the affair with Dana, it was not Pitt's fault. They had just been through a harrowing experience through horrid conditions and I just think it was a way of letting off some steam. But as for the rest of the book, it was just mid blowing, and I loved the fact that it started actually on board the Titanic before it sank, such a great read overall. "Thank God for Southby" indeed.

loren1	Posted: Oct 7 2004, 10:45 PM
loren1 Group: CCForum admin Posts: 6,202 Member No.: 48 Joined: 27-February 04	this is one of my favorite book too. The part when the titanic comes up is worth a few goosebumps. The part I like as much as that part is when they are comming into New York and they get the welcome she deserves on finishing her maiden voyage. It almost made me cry. Dirk and Dana Seagram wasn't what we expected from him, but he's grown and learned since then. This post has been edited by loren1 on Oct 7 2004, 10:46 PM

Helene Noelle	Posted: Oct 8 2004, 08:22 PM
Honored Member Group: CCForum Member Posts: 812 Member No.: 16 Joined: 23-February 04	Actually, Dana was "separated" from Gene at the time. Their marriage was aleady on the rocks. So was Gene for that matter. In the end he does lose it (yes, he made Pitt squirm for a moment!), and Dana does file for a divorce. But WHOA, they did on the Titanic! And dear Dirk Pitt never makes the mistake of getting personally involved with a female at NUMA again (Maeve Fletcher dosen't really count - of course).

Empress	Posted: Oct 8 2004, 08:36 PM
Shipwreck Empress Group: CCForum admin Posts: 6,570 Member No.: 3,331 Joined: 30-September 04	I agree, they fact that Dana and Dirk did it was such a small part of the story for me, BUT to do it on the Titanic, yummy. I loved this book. Not my fav so far but it was cool to read a Titanic story from Cusslers way of writing. I saw the ship in a whole nother way. I also got goosebumps when she finally made port. 9out of 10 for me.

Foss Gly	Posted: Oct 8 2004, 09:05 PM
Actual Photo Group: CCForum Member Posts: 1,669 Member No.: 34 Joined: 26-February 04	Like so many others, Raise The Titanic was my first foray into the world of Clive and his creations. It set the standard pretty high, but I've yet to be dissapointed. The blend of action and character interaction grabbed me, and has yet to actually let go.

tonym5	Posted: Oct 8 2004, 09:28 PM
Philosopher, Pirate, Poet, Poseidon & The Admiral Group: CCForum admin Posts: 13,795 Member No.: 23 Joined: 24-February 04	A wonderful read! The only thing that seemed to me at the time of reading it was the sheer magnitude of raising a ship from her grave. And when Bobby Ballard finally found her and showed the footage on television it hit home that we have seen her resting place and may she lie there to remind us of the folly of technology. I rate it a 9.9!

Kellym	Posted: Oct 8 2004, 11:20 PM
Life Member Group: CCForum Member Posts: 6,503 Member No.: 379 Joined: 24-March 04	Raise The Titanic was not my first read but I thought it was a great book and there are a few parts that I thought were superb....The actual raising of the Titanic, the fight on the Titanic and it coming to port to finish her maiden voyage and many more that I just can't think of right now I'll give it a 9 out of 10

oswalder	Posted: Oct 14 2004, 03:36 AM
Special Projects Group: CCForum admin Posts: 4,383 Member No.: 3,162 Joined: 22-September 04	RTT was also my first CC book and I read it 11 years ago in 6th grade. I used to giggle and show my friends the risque scenes and the F-bombs. I'm also glad that both CC's writing and Dirk's character have evolved with time.

MrKABC	Posted: Oct 19 2004, 09:21 PM
Bougainville Maritime Employee Group: Members Posts: 96 Member No.: 326 Joined: 18-March 04	RTT was my first Cussler book as well, wayyyyyy back in high school! Obviously some dated '70s references exist, but the book still holds up very well with the passage of time. Highs: Description of the ship finally making port, intricate plot, good "cliffhanger", attachment to the Commodore Bigelow character. Lows: Villian (Prevlov) was WAY too talky, and Captain Parotkin's sudden abandonment of the destruction of the ship seemed out of place with the rest of the book. I used to imagine what sort of gulag Georgi Antonov threw him into after returning to the Soviet Union.

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