I still enjoy the Cussler books, but I admit, I stopped buying them years
ago, I just get them from the library now (which probably defeats their
purpose, seemingly, to finance more real life shipwreck-finding
expeditions). They're quickly read and quickly forgotten. Still
fun,
but after some 20+ of them, there really aren't highpoints.
Also, obviously they're being farmed out to the other writers and have
been
for some time, despite Cussler's name on them.
By and large, I've liked the Kurt Austin ones (in fact, better than the
last
few Pitt ones).
* I had liked GOLDEN BUDDHA fairly well, but I thought SACRED STONE was
far
inferior.
* I'm reading BLACK WIND (again from the library), which so far is decent.
I've noticed some strange typos that any decent editor should have caught;
words spelled correctly but the wrong words; it reads like they just ran a
spellcheck and called it a day.
* But, in May 2005, there's actually a Dirk Pitt movie coming out, SAHARA.
Hopefully better than RAISE THE TITANIC!
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