Michael Crichton jumps shark posthumously

[ArmsMerchant]

To be specific, his latest book, Micro, was unfinished at his death, and was completed by, I think, Robert Preston.

I like most of his stuff (the endings of Congo and Sphere sucked, though)--I even bought the quantum time travel thing in one of his books.

This last one is just bloody ridiculous. The characters do these amazingly stupid things just to advance the plot (like in every cheesy horror flick out there), and the main macguffin is this absurd deal where characters can get instantaneously shrunk to like an inch high without harm.

I gave it fifty pages before setting it aside in disgust.

[The Duke]

Michael Crichton is dead? Fuuuuuuuuck!

[Shrike]

I read one of his books where the main thrust of the story was that global warming was just a big myth cooked up by eco-terrorists. It was pretty bad.

[ArmsMerchant]

^One suspects it was financed by the Republican party.

[Marsh]

Sure he didn't jump the Megalodon?

[Psych]

I liked Sphere.

And fifty pages is a little soon to give up on a novel. Maybe give it another fifty and it will get better?

[The Duke]

Sphere was definitely a good read.

[FrY]

Damn, I was unaware of his death, I read quit a few of his books.

[DJ Meaty Cheeks]

Eh he was always a cheap hack at heart.

[FrY]

Some books were pretty entertaining, some were boring and filled with tons of useless information.

They were mostly for entertainment though, not really enlightening but better to read when taking a shit than the back of a soap bottle.

[FrY]

Some books were pretty entertaining, some were boring and filled with tons of useless information.

They were mostly for entertainment though, not really enlightening but better to read when taking a shit than the back of a soap bottle.

[Psych]

The one NEXT is an example of being too technical and not really having a strong story line. Hate that. I don't care about the specifics of genetics just tell me a story.