R.I.P. Clive Cussler

[gordo12]

One of my all time favourite authors. Somebody I would still pay the real world price for one of his adventures.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertain...rer-is-dead-at-88/ar-BB10qCB4?ocid=spartanntp

 

[Handley_Page]

One of my all time favourite authors. Somebody I would still pay the real world price for one of his adventures.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertain...rer-is-dead-at-88/ar-BB10qCB4?ocid=spartanntp

His stories were most enjoyable, I think

 

[KeithD]

Good thriller escape novels.

 

[gordo12]

I particularly liked him picking a historical fact, rumour, or maybe just made up shit and spinning it into a plot that threatens the world today. I find that kind of stuff attracts me.

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

Just recommended his Dirk Pitt works to a friend recently as escapist adventure based on historical backgrounds and possibilities.

Rest in peace, Mr. Cussler.

 

[KeithD]

I particularly liked him picking a historical fact, rumour, or maybe just made up shit and spinning it into a plot that threatens the world today. I find that kind of stuff attracts me.

As both a practitioner and writer in that realm, I always found his constructions believable--much more than, say, I found Tom Clancy's, who I was made to try to work with for a short time, without success, in the "it's just as exciting when you make it real" area.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

One of my all time favourite authors. Somebody I would still pay the real world price for one of his adventures.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertain...rer-is-dead-at-88/ar-BB10qCB4?ocid=spartanntp

I second your statement. I enjoyed every one of his books (that I read, anyway).

 

[litfan10]

I own all of the books in his five adult series (Dirk Pitt, Numa Files, Oregon Files, Isaac Bell and Sam and Remi Fargo.) He is one of the few authors that I buy his new books instantly.

I had the pleasure of talking to him on the phone for a piece I was writing many, many years ago. He was such a gentleman.

For years now he has used co-authors on all his books (including his son on the Dirk Pitt series) so I am sure we will be enjoying new Cussler adventures for years to come.
I hope.

Rest in Peace and thank you for the incredible adventures Mr. Cussler.

 

[SimonDoom]

I read "Raise the Titanic" when I was a teenager. I'll never forget the scene when the hot heroine -- I forget her name -- strips in front of the bad guys. That was one of my earliest experiences with erotic writing, and I've never forgotten it. Back in those days, before the Internet existed, if you were a teenage boy you had to find popular books with salacious sex scenes to get your erotica fix. Thank you, Clive Cussler, and RIP.

 

[gordo12]

, if you were a teenage boy you had to find popular books with salacious sex scenes to get your erotica fix. Thank you, Clive Cussler, and RIP.

Yeah Fanny Hill. My God! Beat the Sears catalogue ladies underwear section all to hell.

 

[Hypoxia]

Cussler's escapism grew tedious after awhile. YMMV.

 

[KeithD]

Escapism is why I read.

 

[gordo12]

Escapism is why I read.

Ditto. And to keep my brain from atrophying from old age.

 

[litfan10]

Escapism is why I read.

Pure escapism like Cussler helps me keep my sanity.

 

[GroverLang]

Escapism is why I read.

I couldn’t agree more. I want to escape from the humdrum world and escape into fantasy when I’m reading fiction. I’ve got all the Cussler books. My favourites are the Oregon Files and Isaac Bell series. Most of the stories use the same format but it’s what you expect. Many authors do it. I hope whoever carries on with the franchise does as good a job as with Jack Ryan.

 

[visioneer]

I sought out his Dirk Pitt novels in the late 70s and early 80s, which were quite good (not so much the later ones, in my opinion). "Night Probe" ranks among my favorite adventure novels.