Comments on: Michael Crichton http://booksonthenightstand.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html illuminating conversation about books and reading Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Kristen http://booksonthenightstand.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html/comment-page-1#comment-3092 Kristen Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:09:44 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html#comment-3092 I remember the day I heard that Michael Crichton passed away. I was driving and they had just announced it on NPR. I had to pull over and take a moment of silence. I began my long readership of Crichton with the Andromeda Strain in my early teens. I think it was a school assignment! So far and strange from some of his later books! At the time, I wasn't ready to read more, but I remember being haunted by that book. It was written so well, I felt like I had read a fable. Years later, I think it must have been after I had some success in reading, believe it or not, a novel version of Aliens, without disappointment, I decided to read Jurassic Park, after the movie came out. And then I had to reread it because it was so good! It was difficult to explain to those who had not yet read the book how Crichton had woven so much together so well! Just to give you some idea how different this book is from the movie -- it's dedicated to a mathematician and his work (chaos theory). Crichton makes you feel like you understand chaos theory by the end of the novel. After Jurassic Park, I began a couple of years of wonderful reading. I went through every single book he had written. It was delightful! As I mentioned recently in recommending Michael Crichton for airplane reading, he's like Encyclopedia Brown for adults. I loved how much I could learn from his books. He would teach the reader about a couple of chosen subjects, he would philosophize, and then he'd throw in some thrilling car chases, espionage, or dinosaurs worth making into a blockbuster film. This is the man who created E.R. and Twister. And Travels. I highly recommend Travels. Reading about where he came from is as interesting as reading about the worlds he creates. It's hard to accept that we have lost Michael Crichton. My only consolation in not being able to see any additional works published by him is the hope that more people will enjoy reading him as I have. I hope I will hear in the future how he has driven others to read more and more as he once had that effect on me. I remember the day I heard that Michael Crichton passed away. I was driving and they had just announced it on NPR. I had to pull over and take a moment of silence. I began my long readership of Crichton with the Andromeda Strain in my early teens. I think it was a school assignment! So far and strange from some of his later books! At the time, I wasn’t ready to read more, but I remember being haunted by that book. It was written so well, I felt like I had read a fable. Years later, I think it must have been after I had some success in reading, believe it or not, a novel version of Aliens, without disappointment, I decided to read Jurassic Park, after the movie came out. And then I had to reread it because it was so good! It was difficult to explain to those who had not yet read the book how Crichton had woven so much together so well! Just to give you some idea how different this book is from the movie — it’s dedicated to a mathematician and his work (chaos theory). Crichton makes you feel like you understand chaos theory by the end of the novel.

After Jurassic Park, I began a couple of years of wonderful reading. I went through every single book he had written. It was delightful! As I mentioned recently in recommending Michael Crichton for airplane reading, he’s like Encyclopedia Brown for adults. I loved how much I could learn from his books. He would teach the reader about a couple of chosen subjects, he would philosophize, and then he’d throw in some thrilling car chases, espionage, or dinosaurs worth making into a blockbuster film. This is the man who created E.R. and Twister.

And Travels. I highly recommend Travels. Reading about where he came from is as interesting as reading about the worlds he creates.

It’s hard to accept that we have lost Michael Crichton. My only consolation in not being able to see any additional works published by him is the hope that more people will enjoy reading him as I have. I hope I will hear in the future how he has driven others to read more and more as he once had that effect on me.

]]> By: Kristen http://booksonthenightstand.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html/comment-page-1#comment-5514 Kristen Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:09:00 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html#comment-5514 I remember the day I heard that Michael Crichton passed away. I was driving and they had just announced it on NPR. I had to pull over and take a moment of silence. I began my long readership of Crichton with the Andromeda Strain in my early teens. I think it was a school assignment! So far and strange from some of his later books! At the time, I wasn't ready to read more, but I remember being haunted by that book. It was written so well, I felt like I had read a fable. Years later, I think it must have been after I had some success in reading, believe it or not, a novel version of Aliens, without disappointment, I decided to read Jurassic Park, after the movie came out. And then I had to reread it because it was so good! It was difficult to explain to those who had not yet read the book how Crichton had woven so much together so well! Just to give you some idea how different this book is from the movie -- it's dedicated to a mathematician and his work (chaos theory). Crichton makes you feel like you understand chaos theory by the end of the novel. After Jurassic Park, I began a couple of years of wonderful reading. I went through every single book he had written. It was delightful! As I mentioned recently in recommending Michael Crichton for airplane reading, he's like Encyclopedia Brown for adults. I loved how much I could learn from his books. He would teach the reader about a couple of chosen subjects, he would philosophize, and then he'd throw in some thrilling car chases, espionage, or dinosaurs worth making into a blockbuster film. This is the man who created E.R. and Twister. And Travels. I highly recommend Travels. Reading about where he came from is as interesting as reading about the worlds he creates. It's hard to accept that we have lost Michael Crichton. My only consolation in not being able to see any additional works published by him is the hope that more people will enjoy reading him as I have. I hope I will hear in the future how he has driven others to read more and more as he once had that effect on me. I remember the day I heard that Michael Crichton passed away. I was driving and they had just announced it on NPR. I had to pull over and take a moment of silence. I began my long readership of Crichton with the Andromeda Strain in my early teens. I think it was a school assignment! So far and strange from some of his later books! At the time, I wasn’t ready to read more, but I remember being haunted by that book. It was written so well, I felt like I had read a fable. Years later, I think it must have been after I had some success in reading, believe it or not, a novel version of Aliens, without disappointment, I decided to read Jurassic Park, after the movie came out. And then I had to reread it because it was so good! It was difficult to explain to those who had not yet read the book how Crichton had woven so much together so well! Just to give you some idea how different this book is from the movie — it’s dedicated to a mathematician and his work (chaos theory). Crichton makes you feel like you understand chaos theory by the end of the novel.

After Jurassic Park, I began a couple of years of wonderful reading. I went through every single book he had written. It was delightful! As I mentioned recently in recommending Michael Crichton for airplane reading, he’s like Encyclopedia Brown for adults. I loved how much I could learn from his books. He would teach the reader about a couple of chosen subjects, he would philosophize, and then he’d throw in some thrilling car chases, espionage, or dinosaurs worth making into a blockbuster film. This is the man who created E.R. and Twister.

And Travels. I highly recommend Travels. Reading about where he came from is as interesting as reading about the worlds he creates.

It’s hard to accept that we have lost Michael Crichton. My only consolation in not being able to see any additional works published by him is the hope that more people will enjoy reading him as I have. I hope I will hear in the future how he has driven others to read more and more as he once had that effect on me.

]]> By: Nome http://booksonthenightstand.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html/comment-page-1#comment-444 Nome Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:19:34 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html#comment-444 Intresting reading ! Intresting reading !

]]> By: Nome http://booksonthenightstand.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html/comment-page-1#comment-5510 Nome Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:19:00 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html#comment-5510 Intresting reading ! Intresting reading !

]]> By: Michael http://booksonthenightstand.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html/comment-page-1#comment-443 Michael Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:22:12 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html#comment-443 I actually debated about whether to put in the next line, which is no less wince-inducing (how's that for a tease?), but it's a great book if the very descriptive medical stuff! I actually debated about whether to put in the next line, which is no less wince-inducing (how’s that for a tease?), but it’s a great book if the very descriptive medical stuff!

]]> By: Michael http://booksonthenightstand.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html/comment-page-1#comment-5509 Michael Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:22:00 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html#comment-5509 I actually debated about whether to put in the next line, which is no less wince-inducing (how's that for a tease?), but it's a great book if the very descriptive medical stuff! I actually debated about whether to put in the next line, which is no less wince-inducing (how’s that for a tease?), but it’s a great book if the very descriptive medical stuff!

]]> By: donstuff http://booksonthenightstand.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html/comment-page-1#comment-442 donstuff Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:27:12 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html#comment-442 I actually winced when I read the quote from Travels. Yet... you've intrigued me. Thanks. I actually winced when I read the quote from Travels.
Yet… you’ve intrigued me. Thanks.

]]> By: donstuff http://booksonthenightstand.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html/comment-page-1#comment-5507 donstuff Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:27:00 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2008/11/michael-crichton.html#comment-5507 I actually winced when I read the quote from Travels. Yet... you've intrigued me. Thanks. I actually winced when I read the quote from Travels.
Yet… you’ve intrigued me. Thanks.

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