From the Mediterranean Caper to Black Wind: A Bibliography of Clive Cussler
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Colorful Reading Challenge 2010 Hosted by Lost in Books The point of the challenge is to read 9 books with 9 different colors in the title. Six colors are required, while the last 3 can be your choice. Books may be overlapped with other challenges (I always love that rule so I always have that rule for my challenges. :) At least 6 of the books should be new to you (doesn't matter which 6). The Six...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Thriller & Suspense Challenge 2010 Hosted by Book Chick City Timeline: 01 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2010 Rules: To read TWELVE (12) thrillers in 2010 Details: You don't have to select your books ahead of time, you can just add them as you go. Also if you do list them upfront then you can change them, nothing is set in stone! The books you choose can crossover into other challenges you have on the go....
Eclectic Book Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
In reading terms, I owe a lot to Clive Cussler. Aged 13, a gift of his “Deep Six” from an indulgent aunt transformed my reading world from the children’s section of Aberdeen library to one where more ‘grown up’ adventures took place. The conversion was rapid, and like many new to a faith, my dedication to thriller writing became utterly zealous, seeking out Cussler, then...
Cinema Styles (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
In 1980 Raise the Titanic was released to across the board pans from the critical community. The public too seemed dissatisfied with the film as it tanked at the box office. Even today all it can muster on IMDB is a rating of 3.9. So, were the original pans warranted? Yes and no. In all honesty, it's not a very good movie, granted, but it's not the worst thing ever made either. It's a cold war thriller...
HorrorScope (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Sam Carver is an ex-assassin who did jobs for MI6. He's retired from the game now and advises others who are potential targets. However, an old enemy is setting Carver up by duplicating his modus operandi, first offing a people trafficker in Dubai and then arranging a 'car accident' for a shady financier in the U.S. The race is on as Carver tries to clear his name while on the run, get the woman he...
The Kill Zone (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
By Joe Moore Yesterday, my blog mate, Kathryn Lilley , discussed market research and why consumers choose one product over another. To continue Kathryn’s theme, I propose the question: Why are people motivated to purchase one book over another? Is it the author? How about the cover art? The cover blurbs from other writers? The title? The synopsis on the back or inside liner? All of the above...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Monthly Mixer Mele Hosted by Jen's Book Talk All you have to do is read a book that begins with a letter of each month or read a book that begins with the authors name (first or last name, doesn’t matter). There are 74 letters so you will have to have 74 different books to complete the challenge. Books can however be used to complete other challenges. You don’t have to do the months in...
Ed Gorman Blog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
I've been reading a lot of short stories lately and thought I'd recommend a few tonight. On Tuesday I received the new Alfred Hitchcock double issue dated January/February 1010. I've been reading through it and found a number of particularly strong stories: "Game" by Janet E. Irvin is a classic suspense story with some truly chilling moments. Very precisely observed. "The God of Right...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Book Details Hardcover, 475 pages 1986, Simon & Schuster ISBN: 067150374X Synopsis Written in the bestselling style of Pacific Vortex! and Deep Six, and with the indestructible Dirk Pitt as its hero, this latest Cussler suspense caper features, and ingeniously connects, a maverick American colony on the Moon, a fabulous sunken treasure sought by an unscrupulous, blimp-owning financier, and two...
TED BURKE, like it or not (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
A buddy had just finished a book I'd lent him , The Death of the Critic by Ronan McDonald, and was convinced that the theorists needed a severe pounding. His language was such that I had to put the phone down and answer the door for the pizza delivery man. When I got back and picked the phone up again, he was still ranting, unaware, it seems, that I was gone for a couple of minutes. He's a high school...
Legatus' Wargames Armies (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Moored immediately astern of the USS Pampanito is the Liberty Ship S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien. I first became aware of Liberty Ships through reading the Clive Cussler novel Deep Six and the good, if rather downbeat 80s thriller, The Panjang Incident by Charles Ryan. I never thought I would climb aboard one! It's a long way up: Liberty Ships are big! 2,710 Liberty Ships were produced in the US to a British...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Dan Brown sells another 175,000 01.10.09 Philip Stone Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol sold another 175,040 copies at UK book retailers last week, bringing its total sales to 726,090 on UK shores. In the US, Brown's record-breaking conspiracy thriller sold just over 400,000 copies during the seven days to 27th September, meaning sales in the UK and US alone now total 2.3m across all editions. The book stays...
nichtszusagen (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
***½ The Adventures of Vin Fiz by Clive Cussler . Juvenile action/adventure. I bought this for Camden, then when he was finished reading it, I put it in my TBR pile. The story is about twins Casey and Lacey, who live on a farm. They meet a new hired hand, Mr. Sucoh Sucop (hint: read it backwards), and discover he's invented a magic mat that will turn their toys life-sized. So they try it out...
Rough Edges (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
I don’t suppose you could really consider any of Clive Cussler’s novels forgotten, but you don’t hear much about this one, and it has some historical significance because it was the first published appearance of Cussler’s long-running series character Dirk Pitt. Not, however, the first Pitt novel written. Chronologically, the first Pitt novel is PACIFIC VORTEX, which Cussler...
Boswell and Books (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
I'm not sure I've yet experienced a cultural phenomenon since we opened the store. We're about to have an Oprah's Book Club selection (and though we immediately guessed what the book was, I won't "say" so here.) We haven't had a Secret, or a Da Vinci Code and it turns out that the firestorm of conservative books seem to bypass us. We sell Stephenie Meyer, and have had some nice first-week...
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