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Michael Crichton (Spoilers warned.)
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- Trey
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Re: Michael Crichton (Spoilers warned.)
Well, Crichton has been dead for three years - so it was inevitable that the quality of his work would decline...
Micro, to be fair, was only partially completed upon Crichton's death and Richard Preston finished it. I like Preston's non-fiction, but haven't read any of his novels.
- Teague
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Yeah, and you could smell it. Sort of like Douglas Adams gave his "blessing" on some incomplete ideas on the HHGTTG movie, and those parts felt really undercooked, same here. It lacked a bit of confidence in the taking-its-time department, like someone wasn't sure this is the kind of thing Mike would have liked.
I'm still in awe of Michael Crichton, generally. For the same reason you've got to hand it to the Red Hot Chili Peppers; I'm not a huge fan, but you have to admit, having a few hit singles per album for twenty straight years isn't a fluke.
- bullet3
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I love Michael Crichton books, those were always amazing reads as a kid and helped fuel my geeky love of technology. I stopped reading when he started going crazy anti-global warming, but I think he really had a knack for writing excellent pulp stories that introduced the reader to emerging technological trends.
I was going to start listing favorite novels, but then I realized there's literally like 10-15+ awesome Crichton books.
- Owen_Ward
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The only Crichton books I've read are Jurassic Park and The Lost World. I absolutely adore Jurassic Park, it's one of my favourite books - but I was never able to get into The Lost World anywhere near as much.
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Re: Michael Crichton (Spoilers warned.)
To be fair, he had some books that broke the typical mold. The Great Train Robbery being my favorite example, and I'd say that's up there as one of his best novels.
- Trey
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