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Originally Posted by dickon25
I haven't yet read Raising Atlantis but the point the amazon reviewer seems to make is that this is the exact same book as 'Decipher', but under a different title and author. I haven't read that either, but if true, that is an entirely different thing to a new book on an existing theme.
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If it is "the same" book, there was a lot of editing, since the locations/actions in the descriptions don't line up. In order of publication
ATLANTIS - Greg Donegan/Bob Mayer
Decipher - Stel Pavlou
Raising Atlantis: Thomas Greanias
All have 3 regions of the earth (power of number three -- I think we can go back beyond cuneiform for source of this one). All mention Atlantis in the title (rip-off of many previous, obviously).
ATLANTIS - the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil’s Sea of Japan, and a small region of Cambodia.
Decipher - Antartica, the Amazon River and an underground chamber beneath the Sphinx.
Raising Atlantis - Antarctica, Peru, Rome/Vatican
Last two have a monument created by aliens (can we say 2001, anyone?), first has "an enemy beyond space"
ATLANTIS - man finds artifact older than earth, fights aliens, battles for survival
Decipher - aliens hiding new energy sources on earth, they turn on to form a network (presumably to broadcast to outer space); tries to tie together Atlantis, prophecies of the mayans, the Book of Revelations,
Raising Atlantis - focused on religion/prophecies, looks mostly at catholic/christian from the description
Decipher gets ripped to pieces on dialogue and ridiculous science, in the critical reviews. Raising Atlantis gets the same in the reader reviews. Interestingly enough, on reader compared it to Area 51, written by Bob Mayer (who wrote Atlantis).
As to publication order, one commenter said "RAISING ATLANTIS came out as an e-book before both Cussler's ATLANTIS FOUND, which is another excellent thriller, and Steve Pavlou's DECIPHER, which is not. " Which leaves the question of who was first a little muddier.
Of the three, only Bob Mayer's doesn't have a slew of 1-star reviews (reading which is possibly more entertaining than reading either of the other two). One good thing that came from resurrecting this old thread ... it reminded me that I had Atlantis Found on my TBR list, so maybe I'll read it instead ...