Atlantis Found, Dirk Pitt #15

[Corran]

Just finished reading AF. Another great adventure of Dirk and Al. What is amazing, all books have almost the same plot (idea for a plot) - but it doesn't matter ! Dr Cussler has this rare gift - he really can narrate and his books are never boring. We always know what we will read, but author always manages to surprise us. Just as Tom Clancy said about dr Cussler's books (it might not be exact quote) : "Every Cussler's book is like a visit of a best friend". Nothing to add

[pink little birdie]

Ohhh I liked this story one of my top 3 Pitt Books, quite a thriller... a Cruise Ship and a very little island... But then I'm scared of the ocean

[Joseph]

It sure is a fun book. My favorite part being the Wolf Shipyard rescue.

[slavko]

all I can say...brilliant 9/10

[Mostly Heep]

Nice to see you here Slavko
Rob

[charliethechoochoo]

Loved Atlantis found. Should be a 3hr movie. Very fast paced. Though too few studios have the gonads to make a 3hr reel. But Cussler puts so much material into his books that you would have to be brain dead not to realize that a 3hr reel would feel like a 1.75hr reel once you get sucked in. And thats easy. Thats the way I felt after I saw Sahara. THEN I read the book. Damn they cut a lot out! But they did a good job with what they chose to show. It would have been much better movie if they wouldnt have been lacking in the old gonad arena. They showed that they had little faith in what they were doing. I guess it's just a lot harder than most people think to find a director thats able to share an authors vision. What a crying shame.

[loren1]

There have many agruements about Sahara but I guess you summed it up in one sentence. "I guess it's alot harder than most people think to find a director that's able to share an Author's vision" Well said.

[Andy in West Oz]

Despite the comparisons between the book and the movie, I still think it's great to see Dirk Pitt et al getting ouot to a bigger audience. There's people on this forum that discovered Cussler through the movie. That's not bad!

Cheers

Andy

[wad]

I really enjoyed this book 10/10

I also found it interesting that after Clive went through the whole "Raise the Titanic" movie debacle and making the statement that after going to the theatre and seeing Indiana Jones, he cried at what Raise the Titanic Movie could have been.....

Then with the latest Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.... Being to closely related to the Obsidian Skulls and the throne room on the Island that Al and Rudy investigate.... its truly an homage to Clive and his books by Spielberg and Lucas....

Throne Room on the small Island = Final Scene in Crystal Skull
Finding Obsidian Skull On ship, in Mine, and the other one via Purlmutter I think = Skulls and aliens in the Graveyard and Russian infiltration of storage facility to get Skull

Its an obvious link......

Hopefully no more law suits are spawned from this posting.... Ha Ha NOT!

This book has it all, Super Villains, Uboats, Nazis, Aliens/Atlantians, Sailing ships, Gun Fights, Diving in Mine Shafts, discovery of another race.... HMM kinda of Indiana Jones like....

[mark niks116]

Remember the car from Atlantis Found that Dirk and Al flew here is a link to the real thing

http://www.moller.com/

[oswalder]

Cool site about the Moller, I'd buy one if I were loaded.

I did read, though, that they're neither street legal nor approved by the FTA for actual flight. Sooo... you can pretty much just hover around your backyard and impress your friends. Still, you'd have VERY impressed friends.

[JuanitaC]

I just finished the book, and I loved it! I almost wet my pants from laughing when Pitt flushed Hitler`s ashes down the toilet- right place for this infernal shame of a whole nation- gave me ( I am German ) great satisfaction
The whole story was perfectly made up, I give it a fat 10

This post has been edited by JuanitaC on Nov 25 2012, 05:04 PM