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December 19, 2004
Crichton's 'State of Fear' too preachy and reliant on bunk science
The meteorologists over at Weather Underground have put up an interesting review/refutation of Michael Crichton's latest book, State of Fear. Crichton, who has made his mark as an author who grounds his stories in actual science, lets his personal opinons about global warming (his take: it ain't happening) get in the way of telling a compelling story.
Apparently, his "hero" in the story spends so much time sermonizing and spreading misguided information in the guise of "educating" the other characters that the overall tempo and storyline leave a lot to be desired.
After the rather unappetizing book that Timeline was, and the laughable depiction of nanotechnology in Prey, it makes you wonder if Crichton has lost his touch.
Posted by Craig in Movies & Books
and Society / Politics
Comments
About 10 years ago I read Michael Crichton's autobiography, Travels. In this book, he reveals his belief in spoon-bending. No, I'm not making this up, it's in print, go look it up, and yes, we're talking about using your mind to manipulate material objects. Not only that, he claims to have done it himself. But it gets better-- he says he stopped practicing this skill because it could serve no useful purpose. A man who has made millions using his imagination can't think of a single useful thing to do with the ability to bend metal with his mind! Somebody please give this man an X-Men boxed set for Christmas. With all this in mind, I see no need to refute anything Michael Crichton says or writes. He has no credibility to begin with.
Posted by: JT at June 20, 2007 12:04 PM
heh...nice, JT...I'd not read that. See you Monday...
Posted by: Craig at June 20, 2007 7:33 PM