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Originally Posted by Mike L
Well, each to their own taste. Personally, I think the Dirk Pitt novels are complete rubbish. The plots are completely unbelievable, the character development is poor, and there is almost no feeling of reader involvement.
Why not try Ian Fleming? Cussler very much models himself on Fleming, but Fleming is a far better writer. The James Bond novels are, in my opinion, far superior to the movies.
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I loved Fleming too, what I love most is you get double the story for each title: you get the story from the book and the story from the movie and neither seem related. Cussler's books are all very American, Fleming's are obviously British, and neither of them are at all believable (forgive me if I do Fleming a disservice here, it's been many years). Instead of the current "Difference between Science Fiction and Fantasy" thread perhaps we need a Difference between Action/Adventure Fiction and Fantasy.
