Clive Cussler

[migtig]

I like how he has allowed Dirk Pitt to age and be promoted and has introduced Kurt Austin to start taking over various adventures. A lot of authors who continue a theme never seem to allow for their main characters aging.

[Gwydion]

Wow, thanks a lot for all the info on where to obtain books. Coming from a slightly larger town than anywhere around here, I always had Borders, Waldenbooks, etc. available. The only two bookstores I even knew of was the mom and pop's bookshop by Mckay's and that wonderful store by the name of Books in Lexington Park. (Which was a HUGE surprise the first time I went in there...)

[migtig]

There is also a wonderful used bookstore in Leonardtown around the corner from Cafe Des Artistes.

[Merlin99 (Premo)]

I've only one problem with the last few Dirk Pitt books he's done. It annoys me when he writes himself into the book. Once just to get your name on the inside of the book I can see, but the last few books that he's done Dirk keeps meeting him in all of these obscure places, and then can't remember where he's met him before. Off the top of my head I remember him being a prospector in the Sahara, a restaurateur in Arizona, and a yacht owner in the pacific. It doesn't contribute anything to the story line; it just makes the characters appear foolish that they keep meeting this person and can’t remember him.

[huntr1]

Originally Posted by Gwydion

Wow, thanks a lot for all the info on where to obtain books. Coming from a slightly larger town than anywhere around here, I always had Borders, Waldenbooks, etc. available. The only two bookstores I even knew of was the mom and pop's bookshop by Mckay's and that wonderful store by the name of Books in Lexington Park. (Which was a HUGE surprise the first time I went in there...)

There's Borders in Waldorf, in the same shopping center as the Sports Authority. There's a Border's Express (or something like that, used to be Walden Books before they changed the name and cut the size of the store in half) in the St. Charles Town Center, upstairs, between the food court and Sears.

I have been reading Clive Clussler for years

CC has allowed other players ( Authors ) into the Dirk Pit world

Numa Files and Oregon Files

Oregon Files are about an Ultra High Tech Intel Ship privately run disguised as an old tramp steamer - that Pitt and Gordino ? once used the services of