Being that I am new to the the club please forgive my ignorance , but I am wondering ? Is there any specific order in which to read the pitt novels . I started out by reading Atlantis found when I went to Cal. on a business trip with my wife, once I started I could not put it down since then I have read, Fire ice, Sea hunters ,Vahalla rising ,Shock wave, and now i am reading Flood tide. As you can see i have jumped around a bit and i don't want to miss anything .

Well the obvious was is to start from the beginning.. But I don't know, i never read them in an order... Partly because i only got like 1 at a time and some i couldn't get.. I don't know but as long as i read em all i'm fine.. Actually i'm lieing i still ahven't read a couple of them

Oh, speaking of newbie questions i'm confused on this part

What is the difference between the ranks of Dirk Pitt and Kurt Austin.. Of course before Dirk becomes head of NUMA B)

I read them all out of order. i think when i read them all then, i'll reread them in order. then the whole Maeve and Summer sequence would have made sense.

The rough chronilogical order is the same as the publication order. Clive sometimes makes a refrence to the previous novel's events, and I've noticed that more and more in the newer novels. (Though I think all of them have some sort of refrence)

I don't think that there is a difference in Kurt's and Dirk's rank. They're both like project managers, you can have more than one at a time.

I never read all the books in order, I started with Cyclops, or Deep six, I honestly can't remember!

Tim in OR

To answer the original question Pacific Vortex starts it all off and sets the scene for all later books have a read its worth its weight in gold

If anyone is intrested in the Printing order Here it is.

The Printing Order………………………………………….Prologue……………1st Ch.

The Mediterranean Caper Nov1973

Iceberg-Sept 1975

Raise The Titanic-1976………………………………….April 1912……….July 1987

Mayday-1978 (British edition of The Med Cap)

Vixen 03- Oct 1978……………………………………….Jan 1954………..Sep. 1988

Night Probe-Aug 1981…………………………………..May 1914……….Feb 1988

Pacific Vortex-Jan 1983
(this was the first book written but was the released after NP)

Deep Six-1984

Cyclops-1986…………………………………………………..Mar. 1918……..Oct 1989

Treasure-1988…………………………………………..July 15 AD 391…Oct 12 1991

Dragon-1990……………………………………………….Aug 1945…………Oct 3 1993

Sahara-1992………………………………………………..Apr 2 1865………May 5 1996
…………………………………………………………………….Oct 10 1931

Inca Gold-1994

Shock Wave-1996……………………………………..Jan 17 1856…….Jan 14 2000
…………………………………………………………………..Sep 17 1876

Flood Tide- Sept1997………………………………..Dec 10 1948…..APR 14 2000

Atlantis Found-6 Dec 99…………………………….7120 BC…………..Mar 22 2001
…………………………………………………………………..Sep 30 1858

Valhalla Rising-13 Aug 2001………………………Jun 1035……………Jul 15 2003
……………………………………………………………………Feb 21 1894

Non Fic ( Both by Clive Cussler & Craig Dirgo)

The Sea Hunters 1996

The Sea Hunters II Dec 2 2002

Clive Cussler/Dirk Pitt Revealed-1998

The NUMA files

Serpent
Clive Cussler/Paul Kemprecos 1999
Blue Gold
CC/PK Aug 2000
Fire Ice
CC/PK June 2002
White Death
CC/PK June 2003

The Oregon Files (A new spinoff Series Will Debut with)
GOLDEN BUDDHA in paperback
Clive Cussler & Craig Dirgo
October 7th 2003

TROJAN ODYSSEY ( The next Dirk Pitt book)
The Third week in Nov.2003
B)

Papa Jim,

Thanks for the list of the books in order of reading. I've been meaning to figure that out so I can lend the books in the right order to my little cousins.

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Ditto!

Welcome aboard papa jim

Cheers,

Thank you, PapaJim!
I am embarassed to admit that I did not know about "Mayday".
Yes to the original question--I think you should read them in order.
Doc C. pulls the Hitchcock/Stephen King--he takes a 'walk on' in his novels, and there are references to earlier plots.
"Y'all" have me so enthused, I think I'll go back and start re-reading all the books. Maybe then I can get the time to get to Atlantis...Valhalla...and Trojan.
Davey

ive been looking for some type of order in the series. i knew about pacific vortex being his first written book. It was somewhat strange reading valhalla rising and then reading pacific vortex right after it.. in reference to his wife anyway. If you have read both you will know what i am talking about.

just wanted to say thanks to oldpapajim for the list!

Beau from Houston Tx

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Dirk:

What's his star sign? Or what do you think it is?

Aquarius??? maybe....
Mike

good one
:P

Way back when I lived by myself I figured out Dirks age and his sign.
The only book that gives us his age is Iceberg,Jerome P Lilly tells him while having Dirk shove a screwdriver into his ear.
So working on the assumption that Clive was right and this was his real age I worked backward from that point and came up with a birthdate of Nov 22 1954.

Dirks birthday makes him a Sagittarius but his birth is so close to that of Scorpio that he is said to be "on the cusp",so that he shares the characteristics of both signs.Sagittarius is the sign associated with long journeys,better than average health and people born under this sign are somehow always in the right place at the right time.

Scorpio has extreme likes and dislikes,he is a fierce competitor and he attacks people and situations.He can also be aroused to great anger but also to great kindness and sensitivity.Scorpio men exude sexual power.A Scorpio is also ingenious,creative,a true friend and a dangerous enemy.

All of these traits apply to Dirk.

Sorry if it appears to be a little clinical but I just copied it from a book that I wrote a few years ago.It was my intention to write a Clive Cussler Companion but Clive beat me too it so it has sat on my shelf ever since.

Cheers Rob