Clive Cussler began writing in 1965 when his wife took a job working nights
for the local police department where they lived in California. After making
dinner for the kids and putting them to bed he had no one to talk to and
nothing to do so he decided to start writing. His most famous creation is
marine engineer, government agent and adventurer Dirk Pitt. The Dirk Pitt
novels frequently take on an alternative history perspective, such as "what
if Atlantis was real?", or "what if Abraham Lincoln wasn't assassinated, but
was kidnapped?"
The first two Pitt novels, The Mediterranean Caper and Iceberg, were
relatively conventional maritime thrillers. The third, Raise the Titanic!,
made Cussler's reputation and established the pattern that subsequent Pitt
novels would follow: a blend of high adventure and high technology, generally
involving megalomaniacal villains, lost ships, beautiful women, and sunken
treasure.
Cussler's novels, like those of Michael Crichton, are examples of techno-
thrillers that do not use military plots and settings. Where Crichton strove
for scrupulous realism, however, Cussler prefers fantastic spectacles and
outlandish plot devices. The Pitt novels, in particular, have the anything-
goes quality of the James Bond or Indiana Jones movies, while also sometimes
borrowing from Alistair MacLean's novels. Pitt himself is a larger-than-life
hero reminiscent of Doc Savage and other characters from pulp magazines.
Clive Cussler has had more than seventeen consecutive titles reach The New
York Times fiction best-seller list.
Dirk Pitt 01 - the Mediterranean Caper (1973)
Dirk Pitt 02 - Iceberg (1975)
Dirk Pitt 03 - Raise the Titanic (1976)
Dirk Pitt 04 - Vixen 03 (1978)
Dirk Pitt 05 - Night Probe (1981)
Dirk Pitt 06 - Pacific Vortex (1983)
Dirk Pitt 07 - Deep Six (1983)
Dirk Pitt 08 - Cyclops (1986)
Dirk Pitt 09 - Treasure (1988)
Dirk Pitt 10 - Dragon (1990)
Dirk Pitt 11 - Sahara (1992)
Dirk Pitt 12 - Inca Gold (1994)
Dirk Pitt 13 - Shock Wave (1996)
Dirk Pitt 14 - Flood Tide (1997)
Dirk Pitt 15 - Atlantis Found (1999)
Dirk Pitt 16 - Valhalla Rising (2001)
Dirk Pitt 17 - Trojan Odyssey (2003)
Dirk Pitt 18 - Black Wind (2004)
Dirk Pitt 19 - Treasure Of Khan (2006)
Dirk Pitt 20 - Arctic Drift (2008)
Dirk Pitt 21 - Crescent Dawn (2010)
Dirk Pitt Revealed (1998)
Fargo 01 - Spartan Gold (2009)
Fargo 02 - Lost Empire (2010)
Isaac Bell 01 - the Chase (2007)
Isaac Bell 02 - the Wrecker (2009)
Isaac Bell 03 - the Spy (2010)
Numa 01 - Serpent (1999)
Numa 02 - Blue Gold (2000)
Numa 03 - Fire Ice (2002)
Numa 04 - White Death (2003)
Numa 05 - Lost City (2004)
Numa 06 - Polar Shift (2005)
Numa 07 - the Navigator (2007)
Numa 08 - Medusa (2009)
Oregon 01 - the Golden Buddha (2003)
Oregon 02 - Sacred Stone (2004)
Oregon 03 - Dark Watch (2005)
Oregon 04 - Skeleton Coast (2006)
Oregon 05 - Plague Ship (2008)
Oregon 06 - Corsair (2009)
Oregon 07 - the Silent Sea (2010)
Oregon 08 - The Jungle (2011)
The Sea Hunters I-True Adventures With Famous Shipwrecks (2002)
The Sea Hunters II (2002)
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