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Two of my favourite authors. I know that their books the equivalent to blockbuster movies in cinema but man, I loved their books during my teenage years. I alr

Two of my favourite authors. I know that their books the equivalent to blockbuster movies in cinema but man, I loved their books during my teenage years. I already loved dinosaurs as a kid (whick kid doesn’t love them, though) and Jurassic Park the novel and then the movie (I was 10 and 13 when they came out) blew me away. I just started reading Jurassic Park again, this time in English (I couldn’t as a kid) and damn, so many memories… Never cared for The Lost World though, neither the book nor the film.

ProjectArcturis 4y ago
For me, Crichton went off the rails with Rising Sun and Disclosure, which are mainly driven by animus against Japanese business practices and women filing sexual harassment claims. Like, if you were a rich white guy in the early 90s, those were two things that right-leaning media outlets would have you worry about. Crichton by that point had lost the imaginative independent thinking that drove his early work, and basically ate up and regurgitated the media panic of the day into two novels that have aged incredibly poorly.
- ghaff 4y ago
  Latterly, Crichton’s books started to read more like screenplay treatments than novels—which they sort of were. Rising Sun though I think you have to see through the lens of the time.
- V_Terranova_Jr 4y ago
  Counterpoint: Crichton's Airframe is a great book that illustrates how journalists reporting on complex subjects they don't understand can cause great harm regardless of their intent or convictions.
  - ProjectArcturis 4y ago
    I didn't read Airframe. I did read Timeline (1999), in which a shady corporation invents time travel. It plans to use this awesome power to, um, create an ultra-realistic Medieval theme park.
- apple4ever 4y ago
  I thought they were both great books and movies. I don't get into the reasons behind them, they were good stories.

ProjectArcturis 4y ago

For me, Crichton went off the rails with Rising Sun and Disclosure, which are mainly driven by animus against Japanese business practices and women filing sexual harassment claims. Like, if you were a rich white guy in the early 90s, those were two things that right-leaning media outlets would have you worry about. Crichton by that point had lost the imaginative independent thinking that drove his early work, and basically ate up and regurgitated the media panic of the day into two novels that have aged incredibly poorly.

ghaff 4y ago
Latterly, Crichton’s books started to read more like screenplay treatments than novels—which they sort of were. Rising Sun though I think you have to see through the lens of the time.
V_Terranova_Jr 4y ago
Counterpoint: Crichton's Airframe is a great book that illustrates how journalists reporting on complex subjects they don't understand can cause great harm regardless of their intent or convictions.
- ProjectArcturis 4y ago
  I didn't read Airframe. I did read Timeline (1999), in which a shady corporation invents time travel. It plans to use this awesome power to, um, create an ultra-realistic Medieval theme park.
apple4ever 4y ago
I thought they were both great books and movies. I don't get into the reasons behind them, they were good stories.