Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
In about 1979 a good friend gave me a worn paperback copy of “Raise the Titanic”by Clive Cussler. Until that time, I seldom read for pleasure—there was plenty of reading required for my college studies and I felt that was sufficient. Still, I started reading one evening and soon met Dirk Pitt and the rest of the cast. From that moment, I was hooked on action thrillers. If only I could create these wonderful stories, I would often daydream when the rigors of university studies and work seemed to be endless.
Eventually I completed my undergraduate and then graduate studies, and I went off into the “real world” and started a career in science, engineering, and business. My love of thrillers never faded. I read all of Cussler’s novels and discovered many other authors to follow including Michael Crichton, James Rollins, Dale Brown, Matthew Reilly, Jon Land…
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