pi 0 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Sad.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 WHAT!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/05/...in4575403.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,803 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 MY GOD!He was my favourite American writer and the only one i collected every work . I was expecting a new novel to be released this year, and i Have a shelf reserved for his works. It will never be filled with more amazing and interesting stories I did not even know he was ill.My deepest condolences for his family, friends and fans.Thank you for everything, Mr Crichton, new novels will be sorely missed, but what you wrote will never be forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamsfan301 11 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 This is very sad. I've always loved his stories. He wasn't Shakespeare, but he was a fun and enjoyable read. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Lohner 0 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 RIPThank you for Jurassic Park and The Lost World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Oh damn, how sad. While I never read any of his books I did enjoy Jurassic Park and The Lost World. I shall watch both in his honor sometime this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,456 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Damn. His books (at least The Lost World and earlier) were awesomeTravels especially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Lohner 0 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 And don't forget ER!!!Thanks for that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Holy crap, that's a shocker. I read JP and his really cool techno thriller Rising Sun. Westworld was a smashing movie too.RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Oh my God, I didn't even know he had cancer. This is terrible news. I enjoyed every one of his books that I read, Jurassic Park, Congo, and Andromeda Strain, and The Great Train Robbery most of all. His books were always a fascinating read, of how much could go wrong with high technology in the wrong hands.Rest in peace, Mr. Crichton. You will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,064 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Rest in peace, Mr. Crichton. You will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toontje 0 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Didn't saw that one coming. Not as shocking as stan winston but still did a lot for literature and movies for that matter. He will be missedRIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,733 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Whaaaaaaa?!.....!!!!So unbelievably sudden. RIP Michael - you gave us so many extraordinary stories I might've seen the story on the BBC site, but it's full of election coverage atm. Forgot Stan Winston had left us as well - that's how much it didn't sink in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I've just learned of Crichton's death minutes ago, so it came as a big shock. Too bad, he really was a man with great imagination and the gift of transforming that into words. Were it not for his Jurassic Park, we'd be deprived for Spielberg's film and JW's wonderful soundtrack (and the sequels of course).Be at peace, Mr Crichton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxxie 1 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 RIP Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I had wondered why the next novel of his hadn't come out yet, now I know why, terrible news indeed.Vosk you really should read something of his, he wrote many entertaining books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 My favorite author passed away, how terrible. I didn't even know he was ill.Michael Crichton has had a significant influence on my life. In the first place because of his books, and because of the movies that were made from them. For me the two most notable books and movies were Jurassic Park and Timeline. Moreover, I have been impressed by Crichton's success since I was a child, not only because of his achievements as a writer but also as scientist and a medical doctor. I felt personally connected to his views and ideas. He continues to be a source of inspiration to me and I think to many.Thanks for everything, rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 A fine director, writer and friend of Jerry Goldsmith.RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I had wondered why the next novel of his hadn't come out yet, now I know why, terrible news indeed.His next book was supposed to come out next month.Even if his books became somewhat generic towards the end, I still love The Great Train Robbery and Jurassic Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Quite a shock. I'll always love Westworld (Trailer), Crichton's 1973 blueprint story and movie for Jurassic Park.And of course his prologue for Jurassic Park (novel) : You think man can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity. Let me tell you about our planet. Earth is four-and-a-half-billion-years-old. There's been life on it for nearly that long, 3.8 billion years. Bacteria first; later the first multicellular life, then the first complex creatures in the sea, on the land. Then finally the great sweeping ages of animals, the amphibians, the dinosaurs, at last the mammals, each one enduring millions on millions of years, great dynasties of creatures rising, flourishing, dying away -- all this against a background of continuous and violent upheaval. Mountain ranges thrust up, eroded away, cometary impacts, volcano eruptions, oceans rising and falling, whole continents moving, an endless, constant, violent change, colliding, buckling to make mountains over millions of years. Earth has survived everything in its time. It will certainly survive us. If all the nuclear weapons in the world went off at once and all the plants, all the animals died and the earth was sizzling hot for a hundred thousand years, life would survive, somewhere: under the soil, frozen in arctic ice. Sooner or later, when the planet was no longer inhospitable, life would spread again. The evolutionary process would begin again. Might take a few billion years for life to regain its present variety. Of course, it would be very different from what it is now, but the earth would survive our folly, only we would not. If the ozone layer gets thinner, ultraviolet radiation sears earth, so what? Ultraviolet radiation is good for life. It's powerful energy. It promotes mutation, change. Many forms of life will thrive with more UV radiation. Many others will die out. You think this is the first time that's happened? Think about oxygen. Necessary for life now, but oxygen is actually a metabolic poison, a corrosive glass, like fluorine. When oxygen was first produced as a waste product by certain plant cells some three billion years ago, it created a crisis for all other life on earth. Those plants were polluting the environment, exhaling a lethal gas. Earth eventually had an atmosphere incompatible with life. Nevertheless, life on earth took care of itself. In the thinking of the human being a hundred years is a long time. Hundred years ago we didn't have cars, airplanes, computers or vaccines. It was a whole different world, but to the earth, a hundred years is nothing. A million years is nothing. This planet lives and breathes on a much vaster scale. We can't imagine its slow and powerful rhythms, and we haven't got the humility to try. We've been residents here for the blink of an eye. If we're gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamsfan301 11 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 That one section of Jurassic Park completely changed how I viewed the enviroment. It made me research, check facts for myself and I completely 180 after that. The power of words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi 0 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 I read mostly classics and non fiction - but I have read every single book by this man, and each one of them are a good read. He is not only an excellent writer (Harvard graduate) but a brilliant plot strategist and a thorough researcher.He will be missed! Go read one of his books in his honor.Hating the cancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 And of course his prologue for Jurassic Park (novel) : You think man can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity. Let me tell you about our planet. Earth is four-and-a-half-billion-years-old. There's been life on it for nearly that long, 3.8 billion years. Bacteria first; later the first multicellular life, then the first complex creatures in the sea, on the land. Then finally the great sweeping ages of animals, the amphibians, the dinosaurs, at last the mammals, each one enduring millions on millions of years, great dynasties of creatures rising, flourishing, dying away -- all this against a background of continuous and violent upheaval. Mountain ranges thrust up, eroded away, cometary impacts, volcano eruptions, oceans rising and falling, whole continents moving, an endless, constant, violent change, colliding, buckling to make mountains over millions of years. Earth has survived everything in its time. It will certainly survive us. If all the nuclear weapons in the world went off at once and all the plants, all the animals died and the earth was sizzling hot for a hundred thousand years, life would survive, somewhere: under the soil, frozen in arctic ice. Sooner or later, when the planet was no longer inhospitable, life would spread again. The evolutionary process would begin again. Might take a few billion years for life to regain its present variety. Of course, it would be very different from what it is now, but the earth would survive our folly, only we would not. If the ozone layer gets thinner, ultraviolet radiation sears earth, so what? Ultraviolet radiation is good for life. It's powerful energy. It promotes mutation, change. Many forms of life will thrive with more UV radiation. Many others will die out. You think this is the first time that's happened? Think about oxygen. Necessary for life now, but oxygen is actually a metabolic poison, a corrosive glass, like fluorine. When oxygen was first produced as a waste product by certain plant cells some three billion years ago, it created a crisis for all other life on earth. Those plants were polluting the environment, exhaling a lethal gas. Earth eventually had an atmosphere incompatible with life. Nevertheless, life on earth took care of itself. In the thinking of the human being a hundred years is a long time. Hundred years ago we didn't have cars, airplanes, computers or vaccines. It was a whole different world, but to the earth, a hundred years is nothing. A million years is nothing. This planet lives and breathes on a much vaster scale. We can't imagine its slow and powerful rhythms, and we haven't got the humility to try. We've been residents here for the blink of an eye. If we're gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us.Which is all just an excuse for us to act without inhibition and not worry about consequences. That was my beef with Crichton. RIP, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,991 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Very sad news, and totally unexpected. Rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I always loved Jerry's anecdote about he and Michael walking through the cornfields near Denham studios London while recording THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY score. With Michael very tall, it looked as if he was talking to himself as they walked through the high field of corn while discussing the score. I finished reading PREY as few months ago. He was always a cracking good read. Loved his movies as director and always had a soft spot for THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY as a lot of it was filmed in Cork....my home county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Very unexpected and sad. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odnurega1 0 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 A great author, who will be missed by all in my household. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Very sad.....I was as shocked as anyone else to read this story this evening.....I have all of his books and am actually re-reading "Next" at the moment....The story I jave read stated that publication of his new book has been suspended indefinitely...RIP indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 If you guys have an hour, this is a very good Charlie Rose interview with Crichton from when Next was coming outDoesn't come off at all as the asshole people say he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamsfan301 11 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Doesn't come off at all as the asshole people say he is.Crichton or Rose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 One of my classmate cried when I wrote "R.I.P. Michael Crichton" on my teacher's whiteboard today in class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 And of course his prologue for Jurassic Park (novel) : You think man can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity. Let me tell you about our planet. Earth is four-and-a-half-billion-years-old. There's been life on it for nearly that long, 3.8 billion years. Bacteria first; later the first multicellular life, then the first complex creatures in the sea, on the land. Then finally the great sweeping ages of animals, the amphibians, the dinosaurs, at last the mammals, each one enduring millions on millions of years, great dynasties of creatures rising, flourishing, dying away -- all this against a background of continuous and violent upheaval. Mountain ranges thrust up, eroded away, cometary impacts, volcano eruptions, oceans rising and falling, whole continents moving, an endless, constant, violent change, colliding, buckling to make mountains over millions of years. Earth has survived everything in its time. It will certainly survive us. If all the nuclear weapons in the world went off at once and all the plants, all the animals died and the earth was sizzling hot for a hundred thousand years, life would survive, somewhere: under the soil, frozen in arctic ice. Sooner or later, when the planet was no longer inhospitable, life would spread again. The evolutionary process would begin again. Might take a few billion years for life to regain its present variety. Of course, it would be very different from what it is now, but the earth would survive our folly, only we would not. If the ozone layer gets thinner, ultraviolet radiation sears earth, so what? Ultraviolet radiation is good for life. It's powerful energy. It promotes mutation, change. Many forms of life will thrive with more UV radiation. Many others will die out. You think this is the first time that's happened? Think about oxygen. Necessary for life now, but oxygen is actually a metabolic poison, a corrosive glass, like fluorine. When oxygen was first produced as a waste product by certain plant cells some three billion years ago, it created a crisis for all other life on earth. Those plants were polluting the environment, exhaling a lethal gas. Earth eventually had an atmosphere incompatible with life. Nevertheless, life on earth took care of itself. In the thinking of the human being a hundred years is a long time. Hundred years ago we didn't have cars, airplanes, computers or vaccines. It was a whole different world, but to the earth, a hundred years is nothing. A million years is nothing. This planet lives and breathes on a much vaster scale. We can't imagine its slow and powerful rhythms, and we haven't got the humility to try. We've been residents here for the blink of an eye. If we're gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us.Which is all just an excuse for us to act without inhibition and not worry about consequences.No, not really, it jut made a great opener to a good thriller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,239 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Oh. I've read a few of his books, and Great Train Robbery has always been one of my favourite movies. Aside from writing, not only was Crichton responsible for ultimately turning me into a Goldsmith fan, he once was a bloody good director, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Doesn't come off at all as the asshole people say he is.Crichton or Rose?Crichton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,239 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 And of course his prologue for Jurassic Park (novel) : You think man can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity. Let me tell you about our planet. Earth is four-and-a-half-billion-years-old. There's been life on it for nearly that long, 3.8 billion years. Bacteria first; later the first multicellular life, then the first complex creatures in the sea, on the land. Then finally the great sweeping ages of animals, the amphibians, the dinosaurs, at last the mammals, each one enduring millions on millions of years, great dynasties of creatures rising, flourishing, dying away -- all this against a background of continuous and violent upheaval. Mountain ranges thrust up, eroded away, cometary impacts, volcano eruptions, oceans rising and falling, whole continents moving, an endless, constant, violent change, colliding, buckling to make mountains over millions of years. Earth has survived everything in its time. It will certainly survive us. If all the nuclear weapons in the world went off at once and all the plants, all the animals died and the earth was sizzling hot for a hundred thousand years, life would survive, somewhere: under the soil, frozen in arctic ice. Sooner or later, when the planet was no longer inhospitable, life would spread again. The evolutionary process would begin again. Might take a few billion years for life to regain its present variety. Of course, it would be very different from what it is now, but the earth would survive our folly, only we would not. If the ozone layer gets thinner, ultraviolet radiation sears earth, so what? Ultraviolet radiation is good for life. It's powerful energy. It promotes mutation, change. Many forms of life will thrive with more UV radiation. Many others will die out. You think this is the first time that's happened? Think about oxygen. Necessary for life now, but oxygen is actually a metabolic poison, a corrosive glass, like fluorine. When oxygen was first produced as a waste product by certain plant cells some three billion years ago, it created a crisis for all other life on earth. Those plants were polluting the environment, exhaling a lethal gas. Earth eventually had an atmosphere incompatible with life. Nevertheless, life on earth took care of itself. In the thinking of the human being a hundred years is a long time. Hundred years ago we didn't have cars, airplanes, computers or vaccines. It was a whole different world, but to the earth, a hundred years is nothing. A million years is nothing. This planet lives and breathes on a much vaster scale. We can't imagine its slow and powerful rhythms, and we haven't got the humility to try. We've been residents here for the blink of an eye. If we're gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us.Which is all just an excuse for us to act without inhibition and not worry about consequences.Hardly. He clearly says (at least in the JP bit, I haven't read the more recent controversial stuff) that mankind can easily make Earth uninhabitable for itself, i.e. wipe itself out. Doesn't change the fact that we'll hardly *destroy* the planet. If anyone thinks that from a human point of view, wiping out mankind is fine as long as the Earth's still spinning, "consequence" and "responsibility" are vain words to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Oh my God...this is one of the most shocking deaths of the year. Crichton was a brilliant author, the stories he concocted were entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, intelligent, and told interesting messages (though I did not agree with all of them). He will be incredibly missed by many, including me. I enjoyed 95% of the books that I read by him.RIP! "Theme from Jurassic Park" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamsfan301 11 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 And of course his prologue for Jurassic Park (novel) : You think man can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity. Let me tell you about our planet. Earth is four-and-a-half-billion-years-old. There's been life on it for nearly that long, 3.8 billion years. Bacteria first; later the first multicellular life, then the first complex creatures in the sea, on the land. Then finally the great sweeping ages of animals, the amphibians, the dinosaurs, at last the mammals, each one enduring millions on millions of years, great dynasties of creatures rising, flourishing, dying away -- all this against a background of continuous and violent upheaval. Mountain ranges thrust up, eroded away, cometary impacts, volcano eruptions, oceans rising and falling, whole continents moving, an endless, constant, violent change, colliding, buckling to make mountains over millions of years. Earth has survived everything in its time. It will certainly survive us. If all the nuclear weapons in the world went off at once and all the plants, all the animals died and the earth was sizzling hot for a hundred thousand years, life would survive, somewhere: under the soil, frozen in arctic ice. Sooner or later, when the planet was no longer inhospitable, life would spread again. The evolutionary process would begin again. Might take a few billion years for life to regain its present variety. Of course, it would be very different from what it is now, but the earth would survive our folly, only we would not. If the ozone layer gets thinner, ultraviolet radiation sears earth, so what? Ultraviolet radiation is good for life. It's powerful energy. It promotes mutation, change. Many forms of life will thrive with more UV radiation. Many others will die out. You think this is the first time that's happened? Think about oxygen. Necessary for life now, but oxygen is actually a metabolic poison, a corrosive glass, like fluorine. When oxygen was first produced as a waste product by certain plant cells some three billion years ago, it created a crisis for all other life on earth. Those plants were polluting the environment, exhaling a lethal gas. Earth eventually had an atmosphere incompatible with life. Nevertheless, life on earth took care of itself. In the thinking of the human being a hundred years is a long time. Hundred years ago we didn't have cars, airplanes, computers or vaccines. It was a whole different world, but to the earth, a hundred years is nothing. A million years is nothing. This planet lives and breathes on a much vaster scale. We can't imagine its slow and powerful rhythms, and we haven't got the humility to try. We've been residents here for the blink of an eye. If we're gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us.Which is all just an excuse for us to act without inhibition and not worry about consequences.Hardly. He clearly says (at least in the JP bit, I haven't read the more recent controversial stuff) that mankind can easily make Earth uninhabitable for itself, i.e. wipe itself out. Doesn't change the fact that we'll hardly *destroy* the planet. If anyone thinks that from a human point of view, wiping out mankind is fine as long as the Earth's still spinning, "consequence" and "responsibility" are vain words to begin with.Careful. We're hedging on politics here.No, not really, it jut made a great opener to a good thriller.Actually, it came towards the end of the book where Malcolm and Hammond are in the bunker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 215 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Absolutely terrible, we were expecting a new book from him this year too..He was an amazing story teller, I loved all of his novels. I actually feel hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamsfan301 11 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Doesn't come off at all as the asshole people say he is.Crichton or Rose?CrichtonI would never take Crichton for being an a-hole. Charlie Rose, absolutely. But, not Crichton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Doesn't come off at all as the asshole people say he is.Crichton or Rose?Yeah I hear that John Crichton guy is a real asshole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxbabe 28 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Such terrible awful news! I just heard on TV. I also had no idea he was even sick. I really got teared up...he was absolutely one of my favorite writers and I just can't believe he's gone.Crichton was a treasure to modern sci-fi and he will be missed so much. Mr. Crichton, thank you for all the wonderful (and cautionary!) tales you gave us, and for the great films your stories have inspired. May strength be with his family and may he Rest in Peace...One of the saddest deaths of this year. ~Greta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Which is all just an excuse for us to act without inhibition and not worry about consequences.No, it is just stating a fact that the earth will survive no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Life itself survived the massive Cretaceous extinction that eliminated the dinosaurs, that much is certain.But is that any consolation to the dinosaurs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 It's always a shock when someone you respect and admire, who you felt was somehow immortal passes away so young. This is a shock. Rest in peace Mr Crichton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delorean90 42 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I was at school eating dinner this evening when I saw this news pass by on the news ticker. Shocking news. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Which is all just an excuse for us to act without inhibition and not worry about consequences.No, it is just stating a fact that the earth will survive no matter what.No kidding. It's a way of marginalizing the dangers of climate change by saying, "well, at least the earth will survive." I don't care about the earth surviving, I care about people surviving. Crichton's novels were often all about the folly of human arrogance and experimentation, so it's ironic that his personal views* put so much faith in humanity.* I'm also referring to the pseudo-scientific downplaying of global warming in State of Fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 * I'm also referring to the pseudo-scientific downplaying of global warming in State of Fear.You should watch the video I posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 * I'm also referring to the pseudo-scientific downplaying of global warming in State of Fear.This also concerned me at first. However, he is still great at coming up with entertaining stories, and while I don't believe with his claim at all (at least in this case), it is a very fun read.Having said that, I would have preferred that Crichton's stories have underlying messages that are productive to our scientific/political world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,723 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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