ScubaLuuke
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Anybody know of a good scuba diving adventure book?
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DaleHall
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If you read "Shadow Divers" and "The Last Dive", read "Shadow Divers" first.. Some of things mentioned in passing in the second book are detailed in the first. You can also read "Fatal Depth" and "Hiding on the Bottom".. I've read the first three I've mentioned and enjoyed them all. The fourth, I'm starting tonight and have heard good reviews on it from members of this board. In fact, "Hiding" was written by a member of this forum. Those 4 should keep you busy for awhile.. Enjoy..
CUunderH2O
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Dark Descent (by the same author as Deep Descent, Kevin F. McMurray)
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ScubaLuuke
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Hey thanks guys, I look forward to reading them and will let you know what I think
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dive_goddess
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One book I just recommended on a different thread was Out of Hell's Kitchen - it is a fiction book but with diving in it. I found out about it on this forum. The author is a member too (John H. Hanzl).
DG
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We just started adding the Nineteen Oral History Interviews of CAPT Willard F. Searle, Jr. (USN) ret. that were taken by John T Mason, Jr. from 1971 to 1974. They remain in draft form but are made available by the efforts of CAPT Robert C. Bornmann MD, USN (ret.) and CAPT Richard D. Vann, PhD, USNR (ret.) to ensure their preservation.
These are better than any story I have read lately! Hope you all enjoy them as much as I have. (the abstract below does NO credit to the story that is told by this man from the Naval Academy to Submarine Salvage on to the H-bomb and the Deep Submergence Program; he saw it all)
Available Here
Abstract:
In his initial Navy career, which began during World War II, and in his subsequent civilian activities "Bill" Searle has been an active force for development and progress in international maritime salvage, diving and work under the sea - in Ocean Engineering. Practically no phase of those activities has been untouched by his review, supervision or active participation. Divers with modern protective equipment and effective tools work at previously only dreamed-of depths and times to accomplish once impossible tasks. Archaeologists can investigate history hidden underwater for centuries and millennia. Underwater structures for an amazing number of useful and necessary purposes are now installed in previously impossible locations. From among the technical development programs initiated by him in the 1960's have arisen Remotely Operated Vehicles {ROV's} and Autonomous Undersea Vehicle's {AUV's} which safely [and quietly in necessary] penetrate all areas and depths of the ocean and perform important tasks which are emblazoned in newspapers and headlines [or never mentioned]. All these are the result of a truly prodigious career.
These are better than any story I have read lately! Hope you all enjoy them as much as I have. (the abstract below does NO credit to the story that is told by this man from the Naval Academy to Submarine Salvage on to the H-bomb and the Deep Submergence Program; he saw it all)
Available Here
Abstract:
In his initial Navy career, which began during World War II, and in his subsequent civilian activities "Bill" Searle has been an active force for development and progress in international maritime salvage, diving and work under the sea - in Ocean Engineering. Practically no phase of those activities has been untouched by his review, supervision or active participation. Divers with modern protective equipment and effective tools work at previously only dreamed-of depths and times to accomplish once impossible tasks. Archaeologists can investigate history hidden underwater for centuries and millennia. Underwater structures for an amazing number of useful and necessary purposes are now installed in previously impossible locations. From among the technical development programs initiated by him in the 1960's have arisen Remotely Operated Vehicles {ROV's} and Autonomous Undersea Vehicle's {AUV's} which safely [and quietly in necessary] penetrate all areas and depths of the ocean and perform important tasks which are emblazoned in newspapers and headlines [or never mentioned]. All these are the result of a truly prodigious career.
RLarsen
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My favorite gift for Christmas was "Down Time," "Great Writers On Diving." This is a wonderful book that I'm pleased to recommend. Undercurrent said this of the $15, 263 page, soft-cover book, "Down Time is an anthology of diving adventures, meditations, and yarns by the best writers around. Thrilling, funny, and original, this is a terrific book."
The first story I selected to read was " Everest At The Bottom of The Sea. " by Bucky McMahon. After a few paragraphs I realized I had a pretty cool book in my hands.
Other stories I'm eager to read are "The Underwater Zombie," and "Death's Acute Angle."
My daughter Audria ,who has a sixth sense for great books, gave it to me.
Enjoy
Rex
The first story I selected to read was " Everest At The Bottom of The Sea. " by Bucky McMahon. After a few paragraphs I realized I had a pretty cool book in my hands.
Other stories I'm eager to read are "The Underwater Zombie," and "Death's Acute Angle."
My daughter Audria ,who has a sixth sense for great books, gave it to me.
Enjoy
Rex
Diver Down by Mike Ainge should be required reading.
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I just read "Diver Down" and thoroughly enjoyed it. Case studies in diving errors in a very informative and entertaining format, albeit scary and depressing sometimes.
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