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Departments => Books => Topic started by: CthulhuKefka on November 05, 2008, 11:20:10 PM
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/05/print/main4575403.shtml
:'(
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That is so sad...
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He will be missed.
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Wow.
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It is sad.
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I think Andromeda Strain was one of the first sci-fi books I ever read. :( Loved his work.
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Sad day for the world... This time of year seems to be a bad time to be an author, eh? RJ last year, and now Crichton... Too early to speculate on next year? I hope it isn't Card, I want that last Ender book...
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I really wanted to like Crichton's books. He had good ideas and set them in interesting stories with interesting characters—but the man could not write an ending to save his life. (Considering this news, that seems like a kind of gauche comment.)
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M.C.'s books were the first "best-seller" type I ever read. I realised that best-sellers are readable, just not "thinkable".
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My sister told me about this the other day. His books are great, although I definitely preferred his earlier stuff. My favs are probably The Great Train Robbery and Timeline.
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I really wanted to like Crichton's books. He had good ideas and set them in interesting stories with interesting characters—but the man could not write an ending to save his life. (Considering this news, that seems like a kind of gauche comment.)
That is a little harsh. The man just died.
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And? Ookla's not going to hurt Crichton's feelings... He always accepted his due criticism with happiness.
That aside, aren't you an editor Ookla? If anyone can point out a literary flaw...
As for Crichton's endings... One happened. (Too soon, I know.)
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And? Ookla's not going to hurt Crichton's feelings... He always accepted his due criticism with happiness.
That aside, aren't you an editor Ookla? If anyone can point out a literary flaw...
As for Crichton's endings... One happened. (Too soon, I know.)
And? Are you serious? Even if it's true or not, it still is pretty cold.
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I remembered a Crichton book that didn't have a horrible ending: Rising Sun. It was a mystery book, and the mystery got solved at the end. It wasn't a spectacular ending by any means, but it was decent.
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Didn't they make a movie out of that book with Wesley Snipes and Sean Connery?
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Yes. The roles were reversed though; the old guy was supposed to be black and the young guy was supposed to be white. Though I can't remember the plot significance of that—I'm pretty sure there was one.
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They also made a movie out of Timeline and fouled it up... I had such high expectations.
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I vaguely remember the movie. I think they changed more than just the main characters. I think they also changed the race of the killer, iirc.
And Avalon, the only thing worth watching Timeline for was Billy Connolly and Neal McDonough. ;)
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Saddly none of the female cast was that enticing... I was hoping that hollywood would manage to put out a well-translated version of a complex and detailed story, and not manage to mangle it up. In retrospect - I may have been a bit delusional.
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Didn't they make a movie out of that book with Wesley Snipes and Sean Connery?
You are correct.
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In The Great Train Robbery, the way that Pierce attains the gold is simply astounding–so very ingenious. Crichton was certainly a master of his field.
[Sorry about retouching on old threads; I just had to say that.]
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I read the book long ago and can remember very little about it. I know it's based on a true story, but having read on Wikipedia the summary of the true story, I doubt the book bears much resemblance to that.
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It doesn't much. The times are different (I think).