The truth of U-869

[Hoyden]

Shadow Divers is pretty good fiction though, given that Robert Kurson's only previous offering was "The Three Stooges Cookbook".

I don't really care which book folks like better - SD or SDE, but it is pretty unfair to characterize Robert Kurson's writing career as limited to "The Three Stooges Cookbook." He was a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times and then Chicago magazine. He was a contributing editor for Esquire magazine. He has had stories published in Rolling Stone, The New Times Magazine and others. He won a National Magazine Award for a story that appeared in Esquire. Oh yeah, he has a law degree from Havard, too. So perhaps he might be remembered for more than "The Three Stooges Cookbook". By the way, he also wrote "The Official Three Stooges Encylopedia: The Ultimate Knucklehead's Guide to Stoogedom--from Amalgamated Association of Morons to Ziller... " Does the fact that Gary failed to mention this stuff in Shadow Divers Exposed make it a work of fiction? No, it just suggests that since these facts didn't fit the story he was trying to tell he failed to mention them. Seems like that happens a lot.

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

You could really put on some weight with all the popcorn eating opportunities these types of threads offer.

Now if you will excuse me I need to get busy:10:

 

[jakeeib]

I have read both and both were enjoyable, but I have given Shadow Divers to many on my non diving friends to read and they loved. It dosent read as dry as alot of non fiction books and sparked some intrest from friends to give diving a try.

 

[fairybasslet]

Professional jealousy. And yes. The so-called publisher, Bellerophon bookworks, has published exactly 2 books, both of them by Gentile. When legitimate publishers (the ones who pay YOU for book, rather than you paying them) reject nonsense, people just publish them themselves. Kind of like starting a blog. Only more expensive.

 

[tonka97]

"The Official Three Stooges Encylopedia: The Ultimate Knucklehead's Guide to Stoogedom--from Amalgamated Association of Morons to Ziller... "

This scholarly tome surely deepened Kurson's understanding of diving and underwater research.

I have two bookshelves.

Fiction: Shadow Divers, Knucklehead's Guide, Three Stooges Cookbook.

Non-fiction: Shadow Divers Exposed

Both are pretty darn good. I recommend reading both, and having fun comparing them.

I also enjoyed the audiobook version of Shadow Divers.

 

[mike_s]

Here we go again...

In any case, I am sure there will be even more debate following the release of Return to Hitler's Lost Sub.



Should be interesting

Cheers,
Mike

call me crazy, or blind, but I didn't seen anything on that website referring to "Return to Hitler's Lost Sub.".

where was it?

 

[DiveMaven]

Scroll down the page and it's the last thing in the right column (upcoming productions). It's going to be on NOVA it looks like.

 

[cdreamer]

I smell a funky troll-like smell.

Terri

 

[aue-mike]

call me crazy, or blind, but I didn't seen anything on that website referring to "Return to Hitler's Lost Sub.".

where was it?

OK, you're blind
As noted above, scroll down a wee bit and take a gander...

 

[tonka97]

Professional jealousy. And yes. The so-called publisher, Bellerophon bookworks, has published exactly 2 books, both of them by Gentile. When legitimate publishers (the ones who pay YOU for book, rather than you paying them) reject nonsense, people just publish them themselves. Kind of like starting a blog. Only more expensive.

Checked your profile, and was about to post how you looked like John Chatterton! Then I noticed Richie and observed you were the 'filling' of the sandwich.

Loyalty to friends is good.

Doubt if you have read Gentile's Shadow Divers Exposed.

Read and compare...

or not!