Anyone here read Micheal Crichton?
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I've been a Micheal Crichton fan for about 10 years since a friend went to the US and came back with a first edition of Jurassic Park when it first came out. I've own every single one of his books (including the ones he wrote under pseudonyms) about 5 of which are first editions. Anyway, anyone here a fan? His new book, Prey, comes out in a months time and I can't wait :) Cheers James
Yup - though his books tend to be a little too neat in their endings for me. cheers, Chris Maunder
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Yup - though his books tend to be a little too neat in their endings for me. cheers, Chris Maunder
Yes have read quite a few of his books, but as well findthe endings to be a bit to neat.
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I've been a Micheal Crichton fan for about 10 years since a friend went to the US and came back with a first edition of Jurassic Park when it first came out. I've own every single one of his books (including the ones he wrote under pseudonyms) about 5 of which are first editions. Anyway, anyone here a fan? His new book, Prey, comes out in a months time and I can't wait :) Cheers James
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I've been a Micheal Crichton fan for about 10 years since a friend went to the US and came back with a first edition of Jurassic Park when it first came out. I've own every single one of his books (including the ones he wrote under pseudonyms) about 5 of which are first editions. Anyway, anyone here a fan? His new book, Prey, comes out in a months time and I can't wait :) Cheers James
I've only read the two JP ones so far. I like his style of writing - it is very good at conveying atmosphere just through the sentance structure alone. Crichton is one of the best I have ever read in that respect. Sounds like you have a nice collection there!
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
An orgy in Tiverton... ({) `/\^^/\:p (Z) :$/\^^/\` (})
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I've been a Micheal Crichton fan for about 10 years since a friend went to the US and came back with a first edition of Jurassic Park when it first came out. I've own every single one of his books (including the ones he wrote under pseudonyms) about 5 of which are first editions. Anyway, anyone here a fan? His new book, Prey, comes out in a months time and I can't wait :) Cheers James
I'll take up a contray position- I've read Lost World and Sphere, and I really didn't like them. The story was written at a level for the lowest common denominator (no offence ;) ), and the plots were kind of predictable. I'll agree with David, the endings are too neat as well. However, I can't think of another author who writes across the sci-fi genre :( B.
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I've been a Micheal Crichton fan for about 10 years since a friend went to the US and came back with a first edition of Jurassic Park when it first came out. I've own every single one of his books (including the ones he wrote under pseudonyms) about 5 of which are first editions. Anyway, anyone here a fan? His new book, Prey, comes out in a months time and I can't wait :) Cheers James
James Spibey wrote: including the ones he wrote under pseudonyms What pseudonyms?! You mean there are book written by Chricton that I haven't read? :omg::wtf: Well, it looks like I'll be heading to the bookstore after work today. ;P Did you have the unfortunate mispleasure of seeing JP2? I *really* enjoyed both JP novels, but the 2nd movie....The only time I've been close to actually walking out and ask for my money back (been tempted before, but never seriously thought about it). Once that T-Rex came to San Diego, I just gave up on the whole movie.
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I've been a Micheal Crichton fan for about 10 years since a friend went to the US and came back with a first edition of Jurassic Park when it first came out. I've own every single one of his books (including the ones he wrote under pseudonyms) about 5 of which are first editions. Anyway, anyone here a fan? His new book, Prey, comes out in a months time and I can't wait :) Cheers James
Oye! another book to add to my reading list! Let's see. Do I like Michael Ccrichton? Andromeda Strain? check! Jurrasic Park? check! Timeline? Check! Oh heck too many to count. Yeah, He's definitely in my top 5 favorite authors. I just hate it when his books (like Clancy, Herbert and a host of others) go to movie and the butcher them. If I'm not coding, I'm reading or watching a movie :) Mark
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I've only read the two JP ones so far. I like his style of writing - it is very good at conveying atmosphere just through the sentance structure alone. Crichton is one of the best I have ever read in that respect. Sounds like you have a nice collection there!
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
An orgy in Tiverton... ({) `/\^^/\:p (Z) :$/\^^/\` (})
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I've been a Micheal Crichton fan for about 10 years since a friend went to the US and came back with a first edition of Jurassic Park when it first came out. I've own every single one of his books (including the ones he wrote under pseudonyms) about 5 of which are first editions. Anyway, anyone here a fan? His new book, Prey, comes out in a months time and I can't wait :) Cheers James
I'm definitely with you. I think Airframe was his best book and I'm hoping for the same sort of low-level techie stuff mixed with his tremendous grasp of human psychology. Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible
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I'll take up a contray position- I've read Lost World and Sphere, and I really didn't like them. The story was written at a level for the lowest common denominator (no offence ;) ), and the plots were kind of predictable. I'll agree with David, the endings are too neat as well. However, I can't think of another author who writes across the sci-fi genre :( B.
Barry Lapthorn wrote: I'll agree with David, the endings are too neat as well. Umm. That was Chris....Maunder... You may not want to confuse him with David Wulff. They are quite different. :-D Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI
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I'm definitely with you. I think Airframe was his best book and I'm hoping for the same sort of low-level techie stuff mixed with his tremendous grasp of human psychology. Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible
Tom Archer wrote: I'm hoping for the same sort of low-level techie stuff mixed with his tremendous grasp of human psychology I'm of the same opinion. I really enjoy the way he takes a complex scientific subject and manages to convey it to the audience as entertainment. If you enjoyed Airframe you may enjoy Timeline which covers quantum physics mixed with a good old fashioned time travelling adventure! Cheers James
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Yup - though his books tend to be a little too neat in their endings for me. cheers, Chris Maunder
That's one of the main reasons I like it. A lot of the other authors I've read tend to be different for difference's sake whereas Crichton tends to stick to traditional storytelling which not only eases the burden when the subject matter can be complex but also helps me to feel like I've actually finshed something when I close the last page. Cheers James
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I'll take up a contray position- I've read Lost World and Sphere, and I really didn't like them. The story was written at a level for the lowest common denominator (no offence ;) ), and the plots were kind of predictable. I'll agree with David, the endings are too neat as well. However, I can't think of another author who writes across the sci-fi genre :( B.
To be honest Sphere isn't one of my favourites but I think Lost World is an interesting book. In my opinion his best works are Rising Sun, Jurassic Park, The Terminal Man, Disclosure and The Andromeda Strain. All were totally ground breaking in terms of their subject matter when they were first released. Cheers James
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James Spibey wrote: including the ones he wrote under pseudonyms What pseudonyms?! You mean there are book written by Chricton that I haven't read? :omg::wtf: Well, it looks like I'll be heading to the bookstore after work today. ;P Did you have the unfortunate mispleasure of seeing JP2? I *really* enjoyed both JP novels, but the 2nd movie....The only time I've been close to actually walking out and ask for my money back (been tempted before, but never seriously thought about it). Once that T-Rex came to San Diego, I just gave up on the whole movie.
Unfortunately the adaptations of his books to films are rarely good. In fact the only good film that he has been involved with was Westworld (and E.R. :) ) He has written under the pseudonyms John Lange and Jeffery Hudson. Check out http://www.crichton-official.com[^] for more details. Cheers James
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I've been a Micheal Crichton fan for about 10 years since a friend went to the US and came back with a first edition of Jurassic Park when it first came out. I've own every single one of his books (including the ones he wrote under pseudonyms) about 5 of which are first editions. Anyway, anyone here a fan? His new book, Prey, comes out in a months time and I can't wait :) Cheers James
I really liked reading the follow-up to Jurassic Park (Lost World I believe), it was far better than the film. I'll have to give Prey a look. I have to own up to being quite a big John Grisham fan (although the last one wasn't particularly great), The Runaway Jury being particularly great -- all about a tobacco lawsuit. -- Paul "I need the secure packaging of Jockeys. My boys need a house!" - Kramer, in "The Chinese Woman" episode of Seinfeld MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk Sonork: 100.22446
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Tom Archer wrote: I'm hoping for the same sort of low-level techie stuff mixed with his tremendous grasp of human psychology I'm of the same opinion. I really enjoy the way he takes a complex scientific subject and manages to convey it to the audience as entertainment. If you enjoyed Airframe you may enjoy Timeline which covers quantum physics mixed with a good old fashioned time travelling adventure! Cheers James
James Spibey wrote: If you enjoyed Airframe you may enjoy Timeline... I'll definitely check it out. Thanks for the reference. Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible
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Barry Lapthorn wrote: I'll agree with David, the endings are too neat as well. Umm. That was Chris....Maunder... You may not want to confuse him with David Wulff. They are quite different. :-D Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI
Erm, yes :-O Long day... B.