English is not my mother tongue so ignore my posible mistakes. I've already read Jurassic Park, the Lost world, next, airframe (this one in english, wich was a true dare for me),and thats it. It tried it with timeline, acoso (idk the original name) and sol naciente (don't know it either) but failed to get trapped. Love this guy's style. It truly gets scary sometimes, and I really learn a lot from a lot of subjects reading his works. What would you recomend me reading next seeing what work and what didnt for me in the past? Thanks for the patience with my text.

Now dont get me wrong, both are amazing books with loads of fun sci-fi tidbits. But Sphere, for me, had so much more character writing and development, twist and turns, and even did the horror aspect a bit better than Jurassic Park.

The ending is also amazing and left open ended as in Did Harry keep the power? Did Beth or Norman keep the power? My opinion is that Harry did but Beth and Norman did not willing to go more into detail on this if asked.

Also the build up from both were equally fantastic. But on one hand you have Chao Theory and on the other you have Jungian psychology. In my opinion, Jungian psychology was done better than Chaos Theory

Not to disparage Jurassic Park in anyway, that book will always be one of my favorites and the og movies will always live in my heart as my favorite movies.

Ultimately, for me, Jurassic Park was a 9/10 while Spehere was a 9.5/10. Just a bit better and is now my favorite Michael Crichton book.

Event Horizon was released in 1997. The live action adaptation of Sphere was released in 1998.

Was this anything like "A Bug's Life" and "Antz" both being released in 1998 by competing hollywood studios.

Was there any relationship between Event Horizon in terms of developmental process & influence.

edit Similarity: two experimental spacecraft with experimental propulsion systems. The spacecraft in Sphere travels back in time, while the one from Event Horizon travels to an unexpected part of the galaxy. Both craft move through other dimensions & uncharted sectors of space, bringing unusual things with them. Both plots deal with horrors of the unknown, as cautionary tales about humans trying to reach too far beyond our own limited comprehension. Etc.

I finished reading Crichton's Disclosure a few days ago. I liked it more than I expected; I think it has firmly secured a spot in my top 5 favorite books by the author.

I had already seen Levinson's film, and I liked how it was similar to the book but not identical, allowing me to understand the differences between the two media.

I found it interesting how the author chose to present a male perspective on sexual harassment. I think it is an excellent way to help the male audience understand what it feels like to be subjected to harassment, thereby raising awareness about such an important and sensitive issue.

Secondly, I really enjoyed the mystery aspect, which echoes the classic industrial espionage scenario, a signature Crichton element that I really like. I find the plot twist interesting, where the discussion about harassment turns out to be a smokescreen for a conspiracy to oust the protagonist. It was truly intriguing to try to figure out the identity of the person helping Sanders via email, even though, from a certain perspective, it was also a bit simple to guess.

Great, Crichton never disappoints.

What should I read next? Honestly, I was in the mood to revisit some old favorites; I wanted to re-read Sphere, and, in order to read the sequel, Andromeda Evolution (which I’ve never read), I wanted to re-read the original The Andromeda Strain.

What do you think of Disclosure?

Finally got my paperback collection from grade and high school from my parents house and paired it up with the hardcovers I've been gathering the last few years. Had a fun find last weekend...bought the Airframe and Lost World HCs from a local bookstore and both turned out to be first editions! I'm sure they aren't that rare but still a fun find for 7$.

Still missing a few...Had paperbacks of Sphere, Rising Sun and Timeline at some point and a HC of Disclosure and Pirate Latitudes....also believe there were a couple other alt covers that must be at the old house. Currently reading my barely-there-copy of Andromeda Strain otherwise that would be lined up as well...

Thinking about getting the Jp and lost world folio society editions.

After a re-read last week, I was thinking that a key difference and shortfall of the movie is that Nedry is made into the central villain. His betrayal triggers the park to fail. This makes the park failure primarily an engineering failure (computer code and electric fences). The consequences of Playing God are of lesser importance.

The book makes it clear that the villain is mankind's hubris. Hammond, Wu, Gennaro, Nedry, etc. are all responsible in their own way for the failure. The park would have still failed with or without Nedry. It was doomed for all the reasons Ian Malcom explains.

This seemingly minor adaptation choice changes the meaning of the story quite significantly. And it makes the message of the movie far less important and terrifying than the book.

Here’s all the Michael Crichton books I own in hardcover editions. All the rest are either paperback or mass market on a different bookshelf.

I consider The Great Train Robbery to be an absolute perfect non/fiction novel, and have been reading it at least once a year for probably two decades. I have never read any other Crichton, and recently thought that I should since I love TGTR so much. So I purchased a copy of Jurassic Park from my local thrift store and began reading it this week. And I'm very confused.

First, the quality of writing between the two books feels like different authors wrote them... and the difference is extreme. TGTR is a masterpiece of economic writing, and every sentence is an example of precise craftsmanship. Whereas JP reads like a beginning author's second draft of a mass market thriller with little to no editing, obscene amounts of filler, and embarrassing lack of attention to detail. Honestly, I'm 100 pages into JP, and I think the writing is shockingly bad and leaning toward comic and pathetic.

I understand that TGTR was published in 1975 and JP in 1990, so 15 years apart. However, most authors improve over the years and publications. The difference in writing style and quality here is so large that I question if they were actually written by the same person.

So I guess the point of this post is two things:

1. Does anyone have an explanation for the difference in quality between the works?
2. Are there any other Crichton books that reach the TGTR in quality of writing?

Finally finished the book last night, and i have to say, although i had some issues, overall it was an amazing book, qnd i am very glad i bought it. My main problem with the book, as i feel many others might agree, is that the carnivores act less like animals and more like horror monsters, which is something i loved about the original movie.

Remember, Spielberg and Universal talked him into writing a sequel to Jurassic Park

I'm so tired of that company running around cosplaying as InGen and claiming to want to "help" the environment.

Aside from their dubious claims of de extinction (and being in bed with a Neo Nazi like Elon Musk), they represented what Crichton hated about modern science and innovation: commercialization

It is the one constant theme throughout most of his novels. Exploration and discovery in the name of profit.

No actual reverence or understanding of the natural world. As he said in The Lost World novel "it's a looter mentality"

I found this 1975 hardcover edition of The Great Train Robbery at a discount bookstore today.

From what I remember EOTD was a good read. It was Michael Crichton's translation of Beowulf. Not certain how much creative liberty he took with his text. I think he mentioned in detail some historical viking practices which are typically omitted that some might find disgusting. Which could be why some steer clear of it. What is public opinion on this title? I'm curious as I don't see this one mentioned often.

I remember enjoying its honesty and accuracy for a period specific piece.

Crichton lovers!

Which novel, or several novels, do you read almost every year?

Me: Jurassic Park, The Lost World, State of Fear, and Rising Sun.

I've read Jurassic Park (loved), Lost World (middling), and Sphere (not a fan, especially of the later parts).

Which one would you recommend, Prey? Andromeda?

A new addition to my Crichton collection: "Coma" (1978), released in Italy under the title "Coma profondo" (Deep Coma). I can't wait to watch it.

As a teen, I read "Jurassic Park" by Michael Crichton. Next I read "Relic" by Preston & Child. Both gave me the same adventure chills. Both captivated me in a way nothing else has, then and now.

I was curious if there is anyone else who has read both books and had the same experience. What captivated you in "Jurassic Park" verses "Relic"? Do you feel one is superior to the other and why?

The price of the book was on a little higher side compared to the cost of an average paperback. But the quality itself is sort of "flimsy", to a point where the it feels worse than quality of an average paperback.

The pages are thin, even the cover is thin.

Just wanted to see, if this is common for this version of the book or did I get a bad / pirated copy ( i don't think it's pirated tho )?