06-29-2005, 12:29 PM
The "cave diving show" thread made me think that we should have a discussion of books that might be interesting to forum participants. I'll start out with a few:
First, the obvious ones:
Of the books on NE wreck diving, my favorite would probably be Shadow Divers...
Cave-diving books:
Treasure and shipwreck hunting books:
Fiction:
Dry caving books:
First, the obvious ones:
- The Last Dive (on the Rouses)
- Shadow Divers (on the U-who)
- Fatal Depth (on the Doria)
- Deep Descent (on the Doria)
- Dark Descent (on the Empress; I haven't read this one yet)
- Silent World (Cousteau)
Of the books on NE wreck diving, my favorite would probably be Shadow Divers...
Cave-diving books:
- Beyond the Deep (on caving and diving in Sistema Huautla in Mexico, must read)
- Caverns Measureless to Man (Sheck Exley's classic)
- Blue Holes of the Bahamas
- Deep into Blue Holes (also on the Bahamas)
- Deeper into Blue Holes (seriously)
- The Darkness Beckons (Martyn Farr's classic - greatest book title ever)
Treasure and shipwreck hunting books:
- Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea (S.S. Central America - this is a must-read)
- The Sea Hunters I and II (Clive Cussler's real-life shipwreck hunting adventures)
Fiction:
- Anything by Clive Cussler
- David Poyer's "Tiller Galloway Undersea Thrillers" - i've only read Sunless Sea and it was decent
Dry caving books:
- The Longest Cave (must-read, on the Mammoth Cave - Flint Ridge connection in the 1970s)
- The Caves Beyond (earlier book on Mammoth exploration in the 1950s)
- Beyond Mammoth Cave (recent book on Mammoth exploration - I haven't read this one yet)