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Have an autographed "Atlantus Found" - met him at a Hastings in Albuquerque a few years back (ok, several years back). He was also a classic car lover. RIP Clive Cussler
 

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Saw this earlier today. Read everything he has written and waiting on the new ones to come out.
 
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Saw this earlier today. Read everything he has written and waiting on the new ones to come out.

Don't think I've read everything, but quite a few. The Movie "Sahara", based on one of his books, is a lot of fun; if you haven't seen it, I recommend it.
 

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I catch just about every time I see it on. The move Raise the Titanic is what got me to read his books.
 
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I think it was my first as well, but couldn't stand the movie. Too much removed from the overall story and it basically ended in the middle of the book. Was the sort of thing that would have been better as a 8 part or so mini series on the scale of what Netflix or Amazon or others are doing today.

Last book he personally worked on supposed to be out in March the story I saw said.
 

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Oh wow, I didn't know this. Cussler was one of my favorite modern authors, he was really good at striking the right balance between adventure, plot, and realism.
 
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A few of my Cussler books (have some others stashed away somewhere)

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Kinda like some movie directors he seemed to love adding that little "walk on" part where he'd ask what the protagonists were up to, offer a few words of advice or other observation, and walk off.
 

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Kinda like some movie directors he seemed to love adding that little "walk on" part where he'd ask what the protagonists were up to, offer a few words of advice or other observation, and walk off.

Mike, remember Hitchcock's 1963 "The Birds"? Look who's walking out of the pet shop as the movie begins:

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Speaking of cameos, Stan Lee did it as well.
 
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He was the one that first came to mind when I wrote that. I know others have too, but he seems to be first to make a habit of it..

He didn't always appear in person. For example, in "Rope" it was only his outline (profile) that appeared as a neon sign outside the apartment window. In "Dial M for Murder" he is seen in a photograph.
 
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true, I should have been more specific that he would almost always do something in the background to remind you of him, not just literally walk through a scene.
 
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