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Pacific Vortex Mass Market Paperback – August 1, 1984
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBantam
- Publication dateAugust 1, 1984
- Dimensions4.15 x 0.75 x 7.05 inches
- ISBN-109780553276329
- ISBN-13978-0553276329
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- ASIN : 0553276328
- Publisher : Bantam; Reissue edition (August 1, 1984)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780553276329
- ISBN-13 : 978-0553276329
- Item Weight : 5.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.15 x 0.75 x 7.05 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,579,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #29,383 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
- #198,314 in Thrillers & Suspense (Books)
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About the author
Clive Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt(R), in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time since the College was founded in 1874 that such a degree was bestowed.
Cussler is an internationally recognized authority on shipwrecks and the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, (NUMA) a 501C3 non-profit organization (named after the fictional Federal agency in his novels) that dedicates itself to preserving American maritime and naval history. He and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers have discovered more than 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites including the first submarine to sink a ship in battle, the Confederacy's Hunley, and its victim, the Union's Housatonic; the U-20, the U-boat that sank the Lusitania; the Cumberland, which was sunk by the famous ironclad, Merrimack; the renowned Confederate raider Florida; the Navy airship, Akron, the Republic of Texas Navy warship, Zavala, found under a parking lot in Galveston, and the Carpathia, which sank almost six years to-the-day after plucking Titanic's survivors from the sea.
In September, 1998, NUMA - which turns over all artifacts to state and Federal authorities, or donates them to museums and universities - launched its own web site for those wishing more information about maritime history or wishing to make donations to the organization.
In addition to being the Chairman of NUMA, Cussler is also a fellow in both the Explorers Club of New York and the Royal Geographic Society in London. He has been honored with the Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding underwater exploration.
Cussler's books have been published in more than 40 languages in more than 100 countries. His past international bestsellers include Pacific Vortex, Mediterranean Caper, Iceberg, Raise the Titanic, Vixen 03, Night Probe, Deep Six, Cyclops, Treasure, Dragon, Sahara, Inca Gold, Shock Wave, Flood Tide, Atlantis Found, Valhalla Rising, Trojan Odyssey, Black Wind, Treasure of Kahn and Arctic Drift (the last three with his son, Dirk Cussler) as well as The Chase; the nonfiction books The Sea Hunters, The Sea Hunters II and Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt (R) Revealed; the NUMA(R) Files novels Serpent, Blue Gold, Fire Ice, White Death, Lost City, Polar Shift, The Navigator and Medusa (written with Paul Kemprecos); and the Oregon Files novels Sacred Stone and Golden Buddha (written with Craig Dirgo) and Dark Watch, Skeleton Coast, Plague Ship and Corsair (written with Jack Du Brul).
Clive Cussler lives in Arizona.
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Great for the adventure lover.
Loved the maritime accuracy and descriptions.
Even though Cussler wrote the book in the early 1970s and published it in 1982, it barely seems dated at all (even with the lack of cell phones, Internet, etc.).
Just a couple of nitpicks here keep me from giving "Pacific Vortex" a full 5 stars:
(1) It seems hard to believe that a technologically savvy Air Force officer like Major Pitt would carry such an obsolescent--albeit still deadly--pistol like the 1896 Broomhandle Mauser as his primary sidearm. Indeed, in later books, Pitt instead relies on his trust Colt M1911 .45 caliber autopistol as his go-to-handgun (yes, the M1911 is over 100 years old, yet is still a viable sidearm this day thanks to ever-modernizing features and add-ons). Moreoever, Cussler never tells us the caliber of Dirk's particular Mauser. Also, Cussler indicates that this Mauser "Schnell Feuer" uses a "50-shot clip," when all my research showed it used either 10- or 20-round magazines (both stripper clips and detachable magazines).
(2) SPOILER ALERT!!!! SPOILER ALTERT!!!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!!!! In the later novels, we're told that "Pacific "Vortex's" femme fatala, Summer Moran, was Pitt's most passionate, and for many years, only true love (until Maeve in "Shockwave" and eventually Congresswoman Lauren Smith). Yet in this book, there is no torrid love scene--or any love scene period--between Dirk and Summer. Sure, they exchange a few passionate embraces and smooches toward the end, but that does not equate to actual lovemaking....yet somehow we find out 20+ years and abuot a dozen books later that Summer somehow mothered Pitt's children. If this were a standalone novel, no big deal, but when you look at the series as a whole, this becomes a gaping plot hole.
But enough nitpicking already! Read this old-school Cussler/Pitt adventure and enjoy it to the max like I did!
P.S. After so many later Dirk Pitt novels wherein "Leigh Hunt" is an ill-fated mariner or aviator in the Prologues, it is interesting to see Leigh Hunt--or Hunter in this case--last throghout the length of the present-day storyline of the novel.
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If imagination is truly more important than knowledge, as Einstein used to say, then Clive Cussler is a genius and a master in this field. Lots of action and adventure with a creative twist. Yes, I loved it all. The plot, the characters, the unusual setting. MInd-boggling shrewdness.