Cyclops (Dirk Pitt) (Mass Market Paperback)

~ (Author) "THE BLIMP HUNG MOTIONLESS in the tropical air, poised and tranquil, like a fish suspended in an aquarium..." (more)
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From Publishers Weekly

Written in the bestselling style of Pacific Vortex! and Deep Six, and with the indestructible Dirk Pitt as its hero, this latest Cussler suspense caper features, and ingeniously connects, a maverick American colony on the Moon, a fabulous sunken treasure sought by an unscrupulous, blimp-owning financier, and two cunningly devised Soviet schemes, one to steal U.S. space secrets, the other to replace Fidel Castro with a Kremlin puppet, no matter what the cost in human lives. The nonstop action involves murder and torture as well as superpower politicking, and Pitt extricates himself from one desperate situation after another, even finding time for a little romance. The writing is brittle, but the reader is not likely to worry about that in a story whose plot resembles a box of exploding fireworks and poses some interesting questions regarding both Cuba and the militarization of space. Paperback rights to Pocket Books. February 7
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Stephen Coonts

"Nobody does it better than Clive Cussler. Nobody." -- Review

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; 14th THUS edition (November 15, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671704648
• ISBN-13: 978-0671704643
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,928 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'd give it 10 stars but it won't let me..., December 14, 1999

By	Jeff Edwards ([e-mail]) (Twin Falls, Idaho) - See all my reviews

I thought that Clive would be hard pressed to out-do 'Raise The Titanic' widely considered his best work...but I've gotta admit, 'Cyclops' does it for me. It puzzles me how some reviewers seem surprised at the seemingly impossible situations Dirk finds himself in, and STILL manages to escape FROM, and STILL get the girl. C'mon! As one reviewer already stated, Clive writes seriously fun books, but doesn't take the story too serious that it cannot have fun in the process, and even though you might be crying 'foul' in one sentence, by the next, you have forgotten how implausible if not down right IMPOSSIBLE the story has become, and you just continue right on through because it was written for entertainment purposes, and THAT is what 'Cyclops' does in GRAND Style. Cussler has written possibly his best story (although I have to admit Atlantis Found is right up there) and given us a fantastic tale that will endure well beyond the years. Unlike certain forms of music, and clothing, Pitt will ALWAYS be in style.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Under The Moonlight, October 19, 2002

By	Ian KHARITONOV (Moscow, Russia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What makes Cyclops different from the rest of Dr. Cussler's Dirk Pitt adventures is that the locations are absolutely marvelous, the action is nail-biting, the escapes are mesmerizing... Well, that's not exactly different right? More of the same. BUT IT'S DONE SO BRILLIANTLY YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO RESIST! Chillingly intense. Ingeniously complex. Tremendously fun.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars another hit, June 29, 2003

By	C. Reedy "zafiro80" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

clive takes you thru twists and turns, both natural and man made and the danger is really page turning. a GREAT BOOK TO READ DURING A THUNDER STORM.