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I had to read a Michael Chrichton novel called 'Timeline' for a college course once. Its insulting to have been raised in a society which perceives this author
by breatheoften 8y ago
I had to read a Michael Chrichton novel called 'Timeline' for a college course once. Its insulting to have been raised in a society which perceives this author with so much cachet ... Calling his writing 'not good' is ... overly generous.
- delibes 8y agoI haven't read it, but enjoyed The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park. Perhaps I have no taste. What's so bad about his writing?
- gadders 8y agoEaters of the Dead is one of my favourite books. Quasi-historical mixture of vikings, arab travellers and Beowulf.
- tokyodude 8y agoI never read the book but the 1971 Andromeda Strain movie is still one of my favorite moves. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/
- humanrebar 8y agoTimeline wasn't his best. As Ant-Man and The Wasp lampoons in the subgenre, there is a habit of just throwing the word "quantum" on things instead of explaining them. Most of his other premises are much more grounded. Some are actually fiction and not science fiction. In general, he finds something technical and complex he enjoys and finds ways to explain them through a narrative, often with unintended consequences as a unifying theme.
- linksnapzz 8y agoI'd call him a prose stylist at least as good as JK Rowling; but I suppose that's the textbook example of damning with faint praise... Also, SF authors don't have societal cachet. Joan Didion has cachet. Tom Wolfe has cachet. Arthur Miller has cachet. Kazuo Ishiguro has cachet. At best, SF authors have...an audience.