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Clive Cussler, prolific author and sea explorer, dead at 88
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| February 24, 2020
| Leah Asmelash
Posted on 02/26/2020 1:58:48 PM PST by kiryandil
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Dirk Pitt mourns...
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posted on
02/26/2020 1:58:48 PM PST
by
kiryandil
To: kiryandil
Enjoyed several of his books while at the beach.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:00:21 PM PST
by
ealgeone
To: kiryandil
Great books. And, he always found a way to insert himself in the books.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:01:26 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
To: ealgeone
Some of his books were rather good.
RIP.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:01:46 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
To: ealgeone; kiryandil
"...Enjoyed several of his books while at the beach..." I suspect most men did. Different era, that is for sure. I enjoyed his work, it was fun to read...RIP Mr. Cussler.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:02:29 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(Finding middle ground with tyranny or evil makes you either a tyrant or evil. Often both.)
To: kiryandil
I enjoyed his books. RIP.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:02:52 PM PST
by
left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: kiryandil
I used to love reading those books and he had a lot of good information in them to keep you interested.
They never found the right actor to bring that franchise to the screen which is too bad.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:04:04 PM PST
by
Captain Peter Blood
(https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
To: wally_bert
I enjoyed a few of his books but (I may get flamed for this) he always seemed like a poor man’s Clancy to me.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:05:19 PM PST
by
gibsonguy
To: kiryandil
He led the effort that eventually found and raised CSS Hunley.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:06:36 PM PST
by
FLT-bird
To: wally_bert
“Raise the Titanic”! That was a good one.
To: kiryandil
Enjoyed his books in the early days when he still wrote them. After a while everything was being ghostwritten by others and they got pretty awful.
To: kiryandil
I have signed first editions of all his Dirk Pitt’s. Love them!
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:11:39 PM PST
by
Quilla
To: kiryandil
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:13:53 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Quilla
Sweet! Always loved the car collection, and the new acquisitions.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:14:25 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
To: ealgeone
Good escapist literature, with more than bit of history mixed in.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:15:00 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
To: kiryandil
Vixen 03, the best book in the Dirk Pitt series. Thank you for many, many hours of reading pleasure, Mr. Cussler. Godspeed.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:15:14 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: rlmorel
Manly men, doing manful things, manfully.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:15:34 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
To: kiryandil
I used to be an avid reader of his until he started promoting man made global warming in his books (e.g. having the NW passage open).
But RIP
To: left that other site
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:16:08 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
To: gibsonguy
...he always seemed like a poor man’s Clancy to me. Good description.
I liked the quick reads.
I lost interest in Clancy after the first few books, but still am with Stephen Hunter.
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posted on
02/26/2020 2:18:28 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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