finished Sphere
loved every word of it, including prepositions and articles. Punctuation marks, too.
finished Sphere
loved every word of it, including prepositions and articles. Punctuation marks, too.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn't it fucking incredible? For me, that's the zenith of what great sci-fi could and should be. Such a great novel.
Recently re-read Jurassic Park and Lost World and I was planning on picking up Sphere in the next few days. This thread solidified that I'll be getting it... tonight.
Go then, there are other worlds than these.
Do it, Nick. We all floaaaaaaattttt down here.
Well, with peer pressure like that how could I possibly say no?
Go then, there are other worlds than these.
Originally Posted by feverishparade
Isn't it fucking incredible? For me, that's the zenith of what great sci-fi could and should be. Such a great novel.
Have you read the "Foundation" series by Asimov? Sphere was good SF, but Foundation is classic IMHO
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
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The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Ive enjoyed everything from MC with the possible exception of Rising Sun and the positive exception of Airframe.
Sloth Love Chunk
I liked Rising Sun. Airframe is about on par with Prey in my book. Entertaining, but Meh, I'll probably never read it again.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Both of those books are mostly dealing with industrial espionage. They were, of course, brilliantly written. However, I was not interested in any aspect of the plot, and was bored to tears.
Sloth Love Chunk
Bears are not interested in espionnage, industrial or any other.
Neither are they interested in dinosaurs, science under any sauce, alien bacteria, time travel, octopi, etc, etc, etc....
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Bill: I've tried to read Foundation and was sooooooooo bored I had to stop in the middle of [presumably] first book
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a known Japanophile, I think Jean will really enjoy Rising Sun.
I will enjoy every word, interjection, sneeze or snore Crichton ever uttered.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I'm sure you will enjoy Rising Sun, Jean. There is a great deal of insight into Japanese culture in that book. I didnt hate it, I just didnt enjoy it as much as his others.
But I am incredibly interested in cloned dinosaurs, alien microbes, timetravel, medical phenomena, newly evolved super apes, and general science (even sans sauce).
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I liked RISING SUN, but I read it in the early '90's when it came out.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
I just finished listening to Micro. Very well written and easy to listen to, even though he only wrote about 1/3 of the novel. You can tell when Crichton ended and Richard Preston started because it gets less technical. At least that is my impression.
Good collection of interviews with Michael Crichton: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9496
So Jean, wondering what your next Crichton is gonna be.
I am taking a short pause, or else I'll never read anyone else. I think I'll be trying to follow the chronological order as close as I can when I re-start. I plan to get a new Crichton after I am through with Casual Vacancy.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like a good plan.
Hey Jean, just wondering, are Crichton's books popular in Russia?
Nevermind, I was confuzzled.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
I think they are.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
friends!!!!!!!!!! people and animals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if someone by any chance hasn't read Eaters of the Dead - do it now!!!
I understand that it is a lesser-known Crichton novel. I be damned! it's more than awesome - it's incredible.
Just to think that he published it four years - four fucking long years! - before Umberto Eco started getting published...
I'll say no more! read it!!!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought it was good, but not his best by any means. The movie was ok too.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Huge news! Hard case Crime is putting all of Crichton's early novels written under the John Lange pseudonym back in print over the next month or so:
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