CUSSLER, Clive (Eric)

(1931-)

   US writer, some titles in whose Dirk Pitt sequence of TECHNOTHRILLERS are of sf interest. Supremely competent, irresistible to women, slightly sadistic, Pitt is Special Projects Director for the (fictional) American National Underwater and Marine Agency, which engages in spectacular underwater salvage operations involving exotic technologies. Relevant titles include Raise the Titanic! (1976), filmed in 1980 as Raise the Titanic! dir Jerry Jameson, Vixen 03 (1978), which deals with the hunt for a "Doomsday virus", Night Probe! (1981), Pacific Vortex! (1983), which features human divers with artificial gills,Deep Six (1984), Cyclops (1986), in which a secret MOON colony figures, Treasure (1988), a tale of NEAR FUTURE political manoeuvrings, Dragon(1990), Sahara(1992) and Inca Gold(1994).

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