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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 2267340" data-attributes="member: 8530">So, who else out there is a huge Clive Cussler fan?    I've been reading the Dirk Pitt novels since "Raise the Titanic" first hit the stands in the mid-1970's (and long before Ballard found the real sunken ship).   I found the follow ups to that, "Vixen O3" and "Night Probe" to be just as excllent.   (Then the quality declided from excellent to very good until "Treasure" came along).   What surprises me is that, despite constantly being on the New York Times best seller list, how few people I know actually read these.   And it isn't just my circle of friends too, it was obvious from listening to Ebert & Roper's review of the movie Sahara that they were both totally unfamiliar with these books. I'm currently reading "Black Wind" and am sorry to say that I am disappointed with it.   It seems that his co-author and son Dirk Cussler was the primary writer on this one and his made Dirk Pitt Junior and his sidekick Jack the main characters.   So its essentially a Clive Custler want-to-be novel with Dirk and Al knockoffs, using the same "campaign world" that we all know and love but with a different DM running the story.   That was the same conclusion I came to after reading the first four Kurt Austin novels by Cussler and Kemprecos (haven't picked up the fifth yet), where Kurt and his buddy Joe are essentially Dirk and Al knockoffs. The Oregon Files novels by Cussler and Dirgo on the other hand I'm totally sold on.   I'll take a spin-off with original characters over a knock-off any day of the week.   I thorougly enjoyed both "Golden Buddha" and "Sacred Stone" and am looking forward to the next book in this series. So, what are the throughts from the rest of you?</blockquote>

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