Title: Repeating a word
Description: finding wraith
Empress - March 6, 2006 03:46 AM (GMT)
I emailed Helene about a year ago concerning the use of the word wraith in Cussler's books. I think that he uses that word in almost evey book he writes so I thought you'd like to find the phrase that uses the word and tell which book it is in.
gamaytrout103 - March 6, 2006 07:35 PM (GMT)
"Wraithlike figures" (Shock Wave, pg.22)
Dear_Heart05 - March 18, 2006 01:22 AM (GMT)
"Wraiths" (Sahara, pg.202)
Helene Noelle - March 18, 2006 07:54 PM (GMT)
Actually, I already posted this in General Observations, Repeating themes. But will post the examples again here.
A marine seal is usually defined as an aquatic carnivorous mammal with webbed flippers and soft fur, but the wraithlike phantoms who suddenly materialized around Prevlov and the fallen guards bore little resemblance to their namesake.
Raise the Titanic! (67)
A quarter-moon was beginning to rise over the horizon, giving the pitiful creatures on board the raft the look of ghostly wraiths, some of whom suddenly began rising to their feet and moving toward the prohibited area in the center.
Shock Wave (Raft Of The Gladiator)
Wraithlike figures reeled against each other, recklessly clubbing and slashing, the bodies of convicts, sailors and soldiers intermingling as they fell.Shock Wave (Raft Of The Gladiator)
One moment he was there, the next he had vanished like a wraith.
Atlantis Found (5)
Quite as a wraith, Giordino climbed over the stern railing, ...
Valhalla Rising (19)
Yes, there are more examples. Keep your eyes opens and share when you spot them!
gamaytrout103 - March 23, 2006 05:08 AM (GMT)
"She retreated into the shadows of the veranda as soundlessly as a wraith," (Shockwave, pg. 302).
Helene Noelle - March 23, 2006 08:55 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Dear_Heart05 @ Mar 18 2006, 01:22 AM) |
| "Wraiths" (Sahara, pg.202) |
Good catch. ;) But which chapter? Page numbers vary from hard cover and paperback.
Helene Noelle - March 23, 2006 08:57 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (gamaytrout103 @ Mar 23 2006, 05:08 AM) |
| "She retreated into the shadows of the veranda as soundlessly as a wraith," (Shockwave, pg. 302). |
Yes, in chapter 28! th:
Dear_Heart05 - March 26, 2006 03:09 AM (GMT)
Sorry about that. Its chapter 22 in the softcover, the movie edition cover that has the cast on it.
Also in Sahara, the same edition...
"Wraiths" pg. 240 very end of ch. 25
There are about two other ref's to the word in Sahara, but there in another edition..... I can't find them at the moment.
Helene Noelle - April 8, 2006 07:30 PM (GMT)
Thank you Dear_Heart05! Here are the two examples you mentioned:
He studied the stream of the pedestrians on the street, trying to absorb a rhythm to their movements. They seemed to glide up and down the street in their loose, flowing garments on silent feet like wraiths. Sahara (22)
The beams caught haunting shadowscast from an occasional manna tree that seemed tp flit and dart across the landscape like wraiths. Sahara (25)
Dear_Heart05 - April 9, 2006 01:14 AM (GMT)
YEP! Thats them. Thanks Helene. th:
I know this might not be the best place for this, but, I must say...YOU ROCK!!! Thank you for all of the research and time you have spent learning all you can about Clive and his books. Thank you for bringing us your WONDERFUL website, if I ever have a question about the Dirk Pitt books, its the first place I go. I think its safe to say, that we have all learned a great deal from you, and for that, I thank you...a third time. :lol:
Like I said before....YOU ROCK!!! kel:
Much Appreciated,
*HeAtHeR*
Helene Noelle - April 10, 2006 02:24 AM (GMT)
THANK YOU HEATHER! Your compliments about my website and forum contributions mean a lot. th: :) And I think you ROCK kel: as a mutual Dirk Pitt/Clive Cussler fan. w:
gamaytrout103 - April 17, 2006 02:58 AM (GMT)
"They all stared at him, standing wraithlike in the mist-filled doorway, as though he was from another earth." (Deep Six, 56)