Hoplophobic weenies as main characters in movies/books (Da Vinci Code)

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I have no idea which one it would be, my collection's at my parents' house. I just have a thing for remembering funny incidents in books.
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I've got my (slightly incomplete) collection here, but I haven't read one of his novels in over a year. I started "Fire Ice" in college, but got busy and never finished. After I moved back home, I couldn't find the book. :scrutiny: I know it's here somewhere, but I never had the strong urge to find it until now. *sigh* Now I'm gonna have to.

444, they're great. Give 'em a read. If you want some sweet firearms usage, read Treasure, Sahara, Inca Gold, and to a lesser extent, Shock Wave.

Wes

P.S. On a sort-of creepy note, I finished reading Treasure on September 10th, 2001. :uhoh: :scrutiny:
 
I *think* Fire Ice was actually one of his earliest novels which wasn't released, (or was previously released under a psuedonym) and he went to great lengths in the introduction to state it wasn't up to par with his later books. He was right, but it was still a good read. My problem with Cussler novels is so much of the dialog seems "stilted" for lack of a better word. Just a bit too polished for common useage today. Other than that, no complaints.
 
Nope, the one you refer to is Pacific Vortex. Actually, it's a pretty fun and fast read. Not as chock-full of detail as all of the rest of them.

Fire Ice is the third Kurt Austin (not Dirk Pitt) novel, and actually was really good, as far as I read anyway.

Wes
 
Read "the DaVinci Code" a month or so ago. Good mystery but I take with a grain of salt some of the historical premises. I'm not an expert so I'm not throwing down the gauntlet to debate the "sacred feminine". I do recall doing research for a paper years ago that a lot of early religions were led by priestesses because the "one step above primitive" men didn't understand the mysteries of child birth and the priestesses used this knowledge to control men. When the boys finally broke the code a little vengeful misogyny reversed the gender trend in some religions. As to Cussler, he is an entertaining read, read Trojan Odyssey (sp) a while back and enjoyed the theory of the Trojan War. Dirk Pitt is a little too slick as are the characters in a lot of adventure novels.
 
In my novel (see sig), one of the main characters is a CAD designeer. He owns a couple of firearms, has an LTC but rarely carries. Another is a police officer. Another is a software programmer who gets her LTC for the first time.

Several other characters interact with or use firearms during the course of the story. Some are federal agents, some are research scientists, and some are, yes, college professors. They all react differently when faced with that choice. Some act with poise, some with bravado, and some panic beyond reasonable action.

Not everybody is going to respond like John McClane. My intention is to show how human my characters are, each in their own way. You can be sure, however, that my protagonists will never pass up the use of an effective weapon when faced with danger, or pass up a perfectly good rifle in favor of the pistol they already have.
 
Dirk Pitt is a little too slick as are the characters in a lot of adventure novels.
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Yeah, that's the one thing I don't like. However, if you don't read a Cussler novel a week, you can stand it.

Devonai, your novel sounds great. I'm going to have to pick that one up ASAP.

Wes
 
Thank you for the sentiment. If you like it, tell your friends please. It's not like the New York Times :barf: is ever going to review it.


The coolest character of all time? That's easy. Hiro Protagonist.
 
Dirk Pitt is a little too slick as are the characters in a lot of adventure novels.
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Yeah, the character seems to be trying to be an American Bond so whaddaya expect. And Cussler's dialogues have always been a bit too proper. Not everyone has the gift for idiomatic dialogue. I'll still take Cussler over King though.

Anymore I read the Pitt novels just to see how outrageous the opening chase and climactic final battle is going to be :) . I keep hoping, but Cussler seems to have peaked in this respect with the Civil War re-enactors and the stern-wheeler in Deep Six
 
The coolest character of all time? That's easy. Hiro Protagonist.
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I thought that book was pretty juvenile. Cryptonomicon and The Diamond Age were much better.
 
What you should remember when reading the Da Vinci Code was that the hero in the book is a professor. not a stud muffin.

To make a reknowned history professor out to be some kinda gun ninja would be silly.

I thought the book was kinda good and something else you may not be getting is that the Albino is part of a very small and old school conservative sect. This may be the interpretation of that sect.
 
What you should remember when reading the Da Vinci Code was that the hero in the book is a professor. not a stud muffin.

To make a reknowned history professor out to be some kinda gun ninja would be silly.
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There are more choices than the extremes -- ninja vs weenie. There's something in between ninja and weenie that would have been realistic without losing my respect. :)
 
Guys why all the literary critisim? Cussler, Brown, King....all write chewing gum for the mind...

Its not like we are reading Kafka, Pynchon, Conrad, Ecco etc....


PS the best conspiracy book ever written....easy...Holy Blood, Holy Grail...

And hell, Im old enough to remember when Dr. Schonfileds book caused an uproar...

WildpassoverplotAlaska
 
Actually, in one book Cussler has U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides, the oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy) getting back into action to hinder the bad guys.

It's an enjoyable sequence, the old ship doesn't sink the bad guys with a broadside, or anything so silly, but does disrupt them at a convenient time.

Yes, Kurt Austin having a Bowen revolver was a giveaway, he has to be a gun guy:D
 
Cussler has some dorky lines, like in Atlantis Found, where someone makes a statement like" I'll Keep them guarded with my Armalite AR15 in 5.56mm". Thats not exact but people who have read it know what I'm talking about. That said, I have read 4 or 5 of them.
 
I finished The Da Vinci Code Sunday night... I enjoyed it, but I wasn't reading it for good gun info.

Digital Fortress was also enjoyable, even though the author screwed up the concept of public key encryption from the beginning. Again, I wasn't reading it expecting a white paper on encryption algorithms.

~W
 
The rundown starring the rock. What a weenie. TorUg no like gun...Gun evil.
Charlie´s Angels staring a bunch of hoplophobes.

Gimme a Milla Jovovich or Kristanna Loken any day (both expressed gun-positive comments surrounding their movie experiences)



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The coolest character of all time? That's easy. Hiro Protagonist.
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Ugh. Loved Cryptonomicon, but the only reason I bothered to finish that silly Snow Crash was because I was ill for a few days in a vacation hotel room.
 
Hey, it's just my opinion. I couldn't finish Cryptonomicon myself. Perhaps if Black Hawk Down hadn't come out the same summer, I would have tried harder to finish it. As it was, BHD completely distracted me (and you know I can't read more than one book at a time).
 
Foucoult's Pendulum was a very difficult book. I am well-read but I am sure I only got about half of what the Eco was tying together. I have yet to read T.D.C. but from my friends' reports it must be much simpler.
 
I rather liked Snow Crash, but the ending--as with many of Stephenson's works--seemed a little abrupt. (Just finished Quicksilver a few weeks ago, too. I can't wait for the rest of the books in that series.)
 
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