Danny Williams wrote:
>
> El Capitan wrote:
> >
> > In article <3EEF6D59.CC7D7824@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > Danny Williams <mail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > > vicki wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The co-author for Juan Cabrillo is a guy called Craig Dirgo.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Vicki
> > > >
> > >
> > > It should be pretty good then, as he collaborated on The Sea Hunters
> > > series.
> > >
> > > Danny.
> >
> > I have to disagree. Wasn't too impressed with Sea Hunters (OK for
> > nonfiction, though), and thought 'The Einstein Papers' was a load of
> > crap.
> >
> > While we're on the subject, Kemprecos hasn't exactly blown me away
with
> > the Kurt Austin series. And now we're expecting another NUMA
Pitt-clone
> > to appear with this Juan Cabrillo?
> >
> > I can only hope the next Cussler-penned Pitt is good. I loved
Atlantis
> > Found, but Valhalla Rising was one of Cussler's weakest, IMHO.
> >
> > </rant>
> >
> > El Capitan
> >
> > --
> > A rose by any other name would be "deadly thorn-bearing assault
vegetation."
>
> I know where you're coming from, but it's hard to compare like-for-like
> because The Sea Hunters is for the most part non-fiction, whereas the
> Pitt series is of course total fiction. I'm not all that sure about
> Kemprecos either (who decided that two of the central characters should
> be called "Trout" ??), to be honest, but I can't really comment about
> Dirgo cos AFAIK none of his books are readily available in the UK (I've
> not bothered to look).
>
> BTW, anyone know when these books will hit the shelves here in the UK..?
>
> Danny.
In response to my own query, White Death is on amazon even though I've
just been in two major bookstores and neither of them have it. Golden
Buddah is due Sep 25.
Danny.
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