Title: Dirk Pitt or Indiana Jones?
Description: Inca Golds Difference
Ruffino - January 24, 2007 03:28 PM (GMT)
Please dont be mad at me for this thread. I AM enjoying the read of Inca Gold but this book is NOT a typical Pitt adventure.
In this book Pitt is a Treasure hunter not too unlike Indiana Jones. Pitt is not saving the world against destruction or even a small percentage of the world. His enemy is a grave robber, yes a psychopathic killer of individuals but not a planet or race killer.
I find myself reading a good Indiana Jones book NOT a Dirk Pitt adventure.
Did you have the same feelings about this book?
tonym5 - January 24, 2007 05:27 PM (GMT)
For me, it was a great Dirk Pitt book, whether there was a mean baddy or just a troublemaker. p:
coach2709 - January 24, 2007 10:21 PM (GMT)
I am about halfway through Inca Gold and last night while reading it I had the same thought that this was not a typical Dirk Pitt book.
I actually find it refreshing because in about a year I have read all the books from Pacific Vortex to Inca Gold and the stories seem to run together on me. This breaks up the monotony (for lack of a better word) of every story being the same overall. I am really into Inca Gold but more glad it's different.
Honestly I could care less about the artwork and how indepth CC goes but it's so different I am enjoying it.
Archer - January 27, 2007 06:25 AM (GMT)
I love Inca Gold it is my favorite one in the hole series
Ruffino - January 27, 2007 06:00 PM (GMT)
Don't get me wrong, I LIKE the book.
But did you have a similar vew about the story line?
Although it is not my favorite Dirk Pitt story (so far), Sahara and Pacific Vortex are tied for that honor, this is simply a different type of adventure.
Dirk is in the curiosity mode instead of the usual save the world mode in this story.
Ian Kharitonov - January 28, 2007 01:46 PM (GMT)
Well, that adds some variety and character depth, eh?
Besides, the villain isn't some petty grave robber -- that's a massive international operation there.
Inca Gold is among my absolute favorites
oswalder - February 1, 2007 08:03 PM (GMT)
Ian is right, and besides the fact that it's a massive international organization, grave robbing, the black market, general destruction of archeological sites, etc might not destroy the world as we know it but it certainly destroys our knowledge of how it used to be. Ask any anthropologist or Archaeologist and they'll tell you it's a big deal. :o