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Calling all Clive Cussler fans!

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Please nobody laugh.

Anyway, his books and those by Robert Ludlum are the two authors I've read a lot of books by. It's not that I don't read other books, but I happen to like the style of these two authors. I just finished Sahara, and I'm looking forward to watching it. I've always thought his books read like a ridiculous movie, and it's good to see that they'll finally be making one. I think this book was one of the better ones, and it will be interested to see how close to the book the script is.

A plus of this book in particular is that there is a lot of killing. Dirk Pitt and Giordino alone are responsible for far more deaths than in Cussler's contemporary books. Also, as much as I hate Matthew MconoHEY, I think he'll do a decent part for this, and so will the dude playing Giordino (can't remember his name, but he was in Saving Silverman--no, not Jack Black).
 
my dad has about 30 of the guy's books.. reads all the new ones that come out.
and apparently his originals are worth a fortune...
 
Originally posted by: K1052
I've read them all.😱

It is my guilty pleasure. I plan on seeing the movie ASAP.
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With all honesty I read every one of his books that come out. Of course I buy the soft cover, but the books read _just like_ a movie. I bet they didn't have to edit the script at all.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: K1052
I've read them all.😱

It is my guilty pleasure. I plan on seeing the movie ASAP.
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With all honesty I read every one of his books that come out. Of course I buy the soft cover, but the books read _just like_ a movie. I bet they didn't have to edit the script at all.
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From the trailer, several of the scenes looked exactly like they were described in the book.

Pitt's initial motivation has changed for the purposes of the screenplay, but the story itself appears intact.
 
I have only read one of his books...I think it was Inca Gold...but I don't remember any of it because I was in high school at the time...I do remember enjoying it. I got turned on to Tom Clancy and Michael Chriton and the same time and liked their books a lot better...so I never read another Clive Cussler.

That being said, I am looking forward to Sahara. My guilty pleasure is occasionally enjoying the big over-the-top blockbuster films...especially if they don't take themselves too seriously. An example of one I lliked was National Treasure for this exact reason (and because that girl has one fantastic rack).

Anyway, looking forward to it as well. Should be fun for a mindless night with the girlfriend.
 
Originally posted by: PricklyPete
I have only read one of his books...I think it was Inca Gold...but I don't remember any of it because I was in high school at the time...I do remember enjoying it. I got turned on to Tom Clancy and Michael Chriton and the same time and liked their books a lot better...so I never read another Clive Cussler.
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Actually michael chrichton and clancy are the other two authors I've read a lot by. I like tom's books, even if he is verbose. I don't think he's put out a good fiction novel in a while though. Crichton is good, though I think I'm a bit less impressed with him since that one with the nanobots in it, as it was a bit disappointing.

 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: PricklyPete
I have only read one of his books...I think it was Inca Gold...but I don't remember any of it because I was in high school at the time...I do remember enjoying it. I got turned on to Tom Clancy and Michael Chriton and the same time and liked their books a lot better...so I never read another Clive Cussler.
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Actually michael chrichton and clancy are the other two authors I've read a lot by. I like tom's books, even if he is verbose. I don't think he's put out a good fiction novel in a while though. Crichton is good, though I think I'm a bit less impressed with him since that one with the nanobots in it, as it was a bit disappointing.
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Agreed...I think both of them lost their touch a while ago...and that is why I stopped reading.

I'll tell you one Clancy book they REALLY needs to be turned into a serious, dark movie is Without Remorse. That could be one seriously awesome, fvcked up movie. In this case, I would want the director to take the material seriously and put out something fierce (maybe someone like Brian Singer).
 
Originally posted by: PricklyPete
Agreed...I think both of them lost their touch a while ago...and that is why I stopped reading.

I'll tell you one Clancy book they REALLY needs to be turned into a serious, dark movie is Without Remorse. That could be one seriously awesome, fvcked up movie. In this case, I would want the director to take the material seriously and put out something fierce (maybe someone like Brian Singer).
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I got bored with that one, for some reason, half way through. I liked the dragon and bear (?) one, where the chinese attacked Russia, if I recall. i shoulid give remorse another go, but when I only read a half hour a day it takes a damn long time for clancy's books to get going. The first 300-400 pages are just preamble.

 
SO far my fav of his books are

1.Atlantis Found
2.Valhalla Rising
3.Shock Wave

The others are good but thease 3 seem the best to me.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
I got bored with that one, for some reason, half way through. I liked the dragon and bear (?) one, where the chinese attacked Russia, if I recall. i shoulid give remorse another go, but when I only read a half hour a day it takes a damn long time for clancy's books to get going. The first 300-400 pages are just preamble.
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Yeah...it has been so long since I read it...I don't remember if there are any really large dead spots...I just remember finishing it and thinking it would be a great movie. It was really small scale...so I think it would be easy to make into a movie and really develop the characters involved. Also...it would get something out of his that wasn't just another Jack Ryan movie.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: PricklyPete
I have only read one of his books...I think it was Inca Gold...but I don't remember any of it because I was in high school at the time...I do remember enjoying it. I got turned on to Tom Clancy and Michael Chriton and the same time and liked their books a lot better...so I never read another Clive Cussler.
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Actually michael chrichton and clancy are the other two authors I've read a lot by. I like tom's books, even if he is verbose. I don't think he's put out a good fiction novel in a while though. Crichton is good, though I think I'm a bit less impressed with him since that one with the nanobots in it, as it was a bit disappointing.
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I read every Clancy and every Crichton, and I love most of them. However, my favorite writer is Nelson DeMille.
 
I like Cusslers books, they are a good action filled read...
The only problem I have with them is that he seems to go just a bit over the top in some areas, like crashing a vintage MB and walking away unscathed or walking across broken glass, barefoot, and then just kind of shrugging it off for the rest of the novel.
 
Found something interesting:

The only Clive Cussler novel made into a movie to date has been RAISE THE TITANIC! The movie fell so far below Clive's expectations that he has consistently turned down offers to make another movie. At one time he asked that a news release be issued describing the fact that he had just turned down $10 million for the movie rights to his books! Liz Smith was one of the few reporters that ran the story. Many other reporters refused to run the story because they could not believe anyone would turn down that amount of money. Clive has always said that he would not make another movie again unless he was given casting, director and script approval. Thanks to Clive's wonderful agent, Peter Lampack, Crusader Entertainment met his terms and SAHARA will be released in 2004.
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http://www.numa.net/film_and_television.html

Sweet.
 
Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
I like Cusslers books, they are a good action filled read...
The only problem I have with them is that he seems to go just a bit over the top in some areas, like crashing a vintage MB and walking away unscathed or walking across broken glass, barefoot, and then just kind of shrugging it off for the rest of the novel.
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Dirk Pitt is no mere mortal 🙂 Always full of one liners too, and never loses his sense of humour even if he's about to die, which frankly makes him psychotic.

 
The only Clive Cussler I've read has been Sahara. I didn't even know the guy was popular, I just picked it up from a used bookstore because it looked like it might be somewhat entertaining. It was okay but I didn't really like it too much; it read like a compilation of adventure stories and characters I've seen already at one time or another. It wasn't enough to get me to read anything else by him.
 
Originally posted by: PricklyPete
Agreed...I think both of them lost their touch a while ago...and that is why I stopped reading.

I'll tell you one Clancy book they REALLY needs to be turned into a serious, dark movie is Without Remorse. That could be one seriously awesome, fvcked up movie. In this case, I would want the director to take the material seriously and put out something fierce (maybe someone like Brian Singer).
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Without Remorse was the first Clancy book I ever read and I still think it's his best.

 

i remember reading vixen 09 and raise the titanic about 15 years ago I think...

pretty good from what I remember...those were only two cussler books I have read though...
 
I pick one of those books up in the airport bookstores every time I'm flying somewhere, it'll keep me entertained for 2-3 hours and while it's fluff, it's good fluff.

The thing that bothers me is that I can't keep them straight, I'm sure there are at least 2 of the books that I've bought twice, and I usually don't realize it until I'm a few dozen pages in, since the general premise is always more or less the same.
 
Originally posted by: TheNinja
I like Dirk and Al better than Kurt Austin and his buddy (can't remember his name)
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I can't quite remember the stats on Kurt but I seem to remember him blending in incannily close with dirk; ie. they are described by Clive as remarkably similar people, lending one to question his imagination when creating those two characters.

 
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