Tempesta al Polo

It seems Cusslers’ collaboration with Kemprecos produces better stories than the books shared with his son. Or maybe Kurt Austin isn’t as overworked a character as Dirk Pitt. Either way, this is almost classic Cussler. Almost, because the divergent story elements aren’t there like his early couple d Leggi tutto

I don't like giving negative reviews, so I'll keep this short... Good points: Easy to read, flowing, simple prose, for the most part. Some nice scientific ideas and the bits of technical speak, aside from being a bit clumsy, were fun. Bad points: Sexist, a teensy big misogynist, not very exciting (wh Leggi tutto

Science fiction. Science banana-nut fantasy fiction! Flipping the magnetic poles with an...antenna? An underground crystal city with wooly mammoths found on a Siberian island? A car chase with a Stanley Steamer car tearing through an active Civil War battlefield? This was my first Clive Cussler book Leggi tutto

Já havia uns tempos em que anda curioso em relação a este Autor. Talvez fosse pelo grafismo apelativo dos livros, ou pelo seu nome engraçado, ou ainda pelo fascínio que uma aventura com contornos científicos, passada em locais exóticos e no mar, me suscita. A verdade é que finalmente decidi pegar num Leggi tutto

This was my intro to this author and really had a difficult time in getting used to the author's slang. The story line as usual... dominated by masculine characters (super-human in fact), escaping all odds and saving the world from cataclysm without much unaccounted twists... Readers who are fond of Leggi tutto

Foi uma leitura muito agradável, com alguns momentos de humor e muita ação, e com factos históricos e científicos à mistura. Gostei muito! Opinião completa aqui: https://momentosdemagia.wordpress.com...

Polar Shift was a well written novel with the expected tension of a Clive Cussler thriller. The idea of a man-made polar shift causing giant waves and whirlpools in the ocean could allow an antiglobalization anarchist group to take control of mankind was intriguing. But again, Kurt Austin and the NU Leggi tutto