Title: Observations
Description: Pretty Cool
Kellym - October 1, 2004 02:10 AM (GMT)
First, I have to admit I couldn't think of a title for this topic :blink:
I just finished reading chapter 7 of Blue Gold and have to say I found the meeting in the Viking ship in the middle of the room pretty cool th:
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He was in a massive, high-ceilinged chamber. The great hall was lit by the fire from a huge hearth and blazing wall torches that vied for space with brightly decorated shields and pennants, spears, battle-axes, swords, and other instruments of death that recalled a time when war was an exercise in personally butchery.
The lethal artifacts paled next to the object occupying the center of the room. It was a Viking ship about seventy feet in length, its oak planking curved into an upswept bow and stern. The single square hide sail was set as if to catch a following breeze. A gangway near the stern allowed access to the deck and to a long table that ran lengthwise with the mast as it's center point. |
Are there any parts of the Kurt Austin novels that have stuck in your mind that you enjoyed, found interesting etc????
Mostly Heep - October 2, 2004 04:18 PM (GMT)
I really had to wrack my pea brain for this one :lol:
The dungeon scenes in LC were interesting.
Also in BG,the description of the native village with the working plumbing.
There are probably one or two more but I can't think of them right now :blink:
hiramyaegar - October 3, 2004 08:19 PM (GMT)
There was something in Fire Ice and something in White Death, but I can't remember.
Kellym - October 4, 2004 09:42 AM (GMT)
Come On Guys, it can't be that difficult :blink:
tonym5 - October 5, 2004 05:57 AM (GMT)
LC's The Stadium of Mummies and the burning of. yike:
Loren - October 20, 2004 05:17 PM (GMT)
The stadium or dungeon scenes in LC were pretty cool ;)
Helene Noelle - October 28, 2004 08:22 AM (GMT)
The one adventure that stands in my mind is the old air field base Austin and Zavala check out in Blue Gold. Great chapter!
tonym5 - April 25, 2005 12:17 AM (GMT)
The description of Lost City in the Atlantic Ocean. When I read it I thought it was just fictional but learned some time back in a newspaper article that it is very real. snor:
Maeve - May 9, 2005 10:26 PM (GMT)
I liked the sled dog race through Washington in White Death. Shades of Dirk there but Kurt does have his own style.
loren1 - May 14, 2005 02:20 PM (GMT)
I like the dog sled race too Maeve. It is like dirk and Al. I also liked the Viking Ship in the middle of the room. th:
gamaytrout103 - April 22, 2006 10:31 PM (GMT)
One scene that sticks in my mind is when Kurt and Joe rescue Paul and Gamay from the giant whirlpool in Polar Shift. A very cool scene. th: The dog sled race is another favorite, as is the plane escape from the Fauchards in Lost City. The underwater temple in Serpent is another great scene! th:
tiburonjjay - April 24, 2006 10:28 PM (GMT)
I would have to say my favorites are the sled scene through the streets of D.C in WD, The Poe party scene as the Fauchard mansion in LC and definately the Killer whale scene in the beginning of Polar shift. All of them are great, Kurt and Joe just kick no matter what, but hey lets not forget the Paul and gamay scene in BG where Gamay does some fine shootin at the Natives in their escape by canoe... w:
pink little birdie - September 3, 2006 10:39 AM (GMT)
the helichopper expolsion in Lost city that was cool. And the Literature play on words for the Masquerade
Joseph - September 4, 2006 03:16 AM (GMT)
Something tells me Lost City is going to be a very good book.
I still have to finish Blue Gold, and White Death though. I've only read Serpent and Fire Ice from that series.
oswalder - March 26, 2008 05:17 PM (GMT)
Were the wooly mammoths from a NUMA Files book? Realism aside, that whole scene was pretty neat. It's one of the only ones that really sticks out in my mind, as I have trouble remembering much of the Kurt Austin books (as it seems others here do as well).