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At 9:57:02 PM on 8/16/2002, underdog738 said:
Dan, i think you've got a hacker on ur hands. Isari!
At 9:15:10 PM on 8/16/2002, Isatari said:
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At 3:50:41 PM on 8/16/2002, Isatari said:
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At 12:12:52 AM on 8/15/2002, IngenRaptor said:
The Message Board Is Freaking Me Out I Think I am Banned
At 12:04:28 AM on 8/15/2002, RaptorVinny500 said:
oh and if you read this dan, did you ban me?
At 12:03:43 AM on 8/15/2002, RaptorVinny500 said:
why dont you shut up carna
At 2:23:53 PM on 8/13/2002, mega rex said:
Why do you say that where are our morals and compashonativity. Please saying that makes me scrach myself.
At 4:41:44 AM on 8/13/2002, Carna {Author} said:
mega rex, shut the hell up. Dont ruin a good thread. Dumbass flooder
At 4:01:18 AM on 8/9/2002, raptor7588 said:
Oh and DAN don't you think the FAQ page need to be updated?
At 3:56:16 AM on 8/9/2002, raptor7588 said:
What is the main idea for "prey" anyhow?
Just wanted to know what it is about?
At 7:12:26 PM on 8/7/2002, mega rex said:
Whenever I see one of his books at the mall I begin to howl and scrach myself around my pennis.
At 6:30:22 PM on 8/7/2002, Red Spitter said:
Crichton's books rule!!!
At 4:18:06 PM on 8/7/2002, mega rex said:
Michel Crichton sucks because his books make me howl at the moon.
At 11:53:24 PM on 8/6/2002, Justisaur2 said:
MC isnt all that great....but I guess it could be that I just dont have the patients to read his huge introductions.
At 1:24:59 AM on 8/5/2002, Vinsfeld said:
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At 12:51:50 AM on 8/4/2002, Vinsfeld said:
wow jimmy sided with popular opinion? Wait it must be his mommy talking for him. its past jimmys bed time.
At 12:19:36 AM on 8/4/2002, Jimmy 345 said:
He should write a third book and then base Jurassic Park 4 on whatever he writes.
At 11:16:32 PM on 8/3/2002, T-rex 23 said:
I like his books he's very creative in science fiction
At 12:35:37 AM on 8/3/2002, raptor2000 said:
Maybe he should turn JP into a series of books, like the many series star wars has evolved into. he could write shorter stories, but more books. just an idea...
At 3:16:49 PM on 7/31/2002, JPLuNaTiC said:
At 8:35:01 AM on 7/31/2002, Dan said:
Exactly -- Crichton at his best has always been able to to go into our culture's current fears/hopes/issues/stereotypes/etc, and build an entertaining adventure around that. That's why I think Timeline failed, in that I'm not sure I know too many people who are concerned with time travel and it's ramifications, since we still have no idea <i>how</i> to time travel. :) I think that's why his new book sounds interesting to me, as nanotechnology is on the horizon...
-Dan
At 4:39:11 PM on 7/30/2002, The Host said:
You touch on a good point. Literary merit (or lack thereof) aside, Airframe was . . . well, 'timely' isn't the word . . . maybe proto-timely. That might be one of the greatest qualities of Crichton's books: the aithor is able to recognize growing trends and can discern where they may be going; in hindsight he seems to have preternatural foresight. Evidence The Terminal Man and its treatment of computers, Jurassic Park's applications of DNA, and Congo's prediction of an information economy in the near future. Of course the stories themselves are usually fantasy -- there will probably never be walking dinosaurs and the Japanese didn't drive America out of business. But the technological currents running throughout to the future relatively rarely lead astray.
-H
At 9:16:13 AM on 7/30/2002, Dan said:
Airframe was so under-rated, I'd even say 'before it's time'... I mean, it was written *before* Flight 800, before AA 587, and (obviously) before 9/11. It was an important book that raised numerous issues about airlines before anyone really cared. I think it's probably Crichton's most important contribution to the liteary world.
If I HAD to rank, it'd probably go something like this:
1 Airframe
2 Jurassic Park
3 A Case of Need (another important story)
4 Rising Sun
5 Disclosure
6 Andromada Strain
7 Terminal Man
8 Eaters of the Dead
9 Congo
10 Lost World
11 Sphere (Never really a big Sphere fan, too SciFi for my liking)
12 Great Train Robbery
13 Travels (Crichton's crazy autobiography)
14 Five Patients (Crichton turned the "hand" case in this book into one of the first surgeries on the ER TV show)
15 Timeline (I didn't really feel like he was trying much with this one)
16 Electronic Life (Crichton programs in Apple BASIC.. a fun read, check your library)
-Dan
At 7:02:18 PM on 7/29/2002, The Host said:
Before I continue, let me say that I feel myself morally obligated to despise anybody here from Europe. Only because I'm a huge European history buff (indeed, at the moment an undergrad majoring in European history), but I've never been to the continent. My family isn't rich, and I'll be going to Yale Law School in another year, which is a tad pricey. . . Not that I'm bitter, but, well, actually, I *am* a bitter, twisted man. Damn you and your spectacular countryside and deep-rooted history!
Back to Crichton. . .
I admit that I was happily surprised by Timeline, if only because my expectations were low. Still, I say he hasn't written anything really great since JP. . .
Since we North Americans have a fetish for listing things, here goes:
CRICHTON'S WORKS OF FICTION, RANKED (all in my not-so-humble opinion):
12 Airframe
11 Eaters of the Dead
10 Disclosure
9 The Great Train Robbery
8 Rising Sun
7 The Terminal Man
6 The Lost World
5 Timeline
4 Congo
3 The Andromeda Strain
And . . . Tied for first place. . .
<b>1 Jurassic Park
1 Sphere
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-Host
At 6:28:55 PM on 7/29/2002, Jimmy 345 said:
Stegasaurs don't feel bad Vinfleds a jerk.
At 3:53:36 PM on 7/29/2002, Neelis said:
No no, my appoligies (how do you spell that, you see) I ment, we have the castles over here, so maybe we imagine it a bit different. It was a bit of a silly way to say it, guess I was drunk.
At 3:19:53 PM on 7/29/2002, tobycompy2.0 said:
<font color=Brick red>If you ask me MC is kinda selling out, I mean the book hasn't even been friggin released yet and its already up for grabs as a movie. Jeez.</font>
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-What you just witnessed was the bite of the compy. Goodnight.</font>
<font color=Blue>Should I retire? Tell me what you think.</font>
At 11:09:55 PM on 7/28/2002, Stegasaurus said:
Why don't you go play video games with your sister or memorize a pepsi commercial you freak of nature! oh and e-mail me back on my new name.
At 7:00:07 PM on 7/28/2002, Stegasaurus said:
mrelliesattler, why do you still come here? Go watch Star Wars of something.
At 6:58:12 PM on 7/28/2002, Vinsfeld said:
<font color= orange>Why? Are you saying that</font><font color= pink> those that don't live in </font><font color= yellow>Europe are dumb,</font><font color= green> and don't understand the </font><font color= aqua>books? That's like saying</font> <font color= blue>we spell words incorrectly (i.e. colour, color) Let</font><font color= purple> me know when you come to</font><font color= red> America, I will be glad to kick </font><font color= orange>your Butt!!!!!</font> (i am bored, do not take this post offensive at any way)
At 1:51:53 PM on 7/28/2002, Neelis said:
Congo was great! The movie sucked. And I found Timeline a nice book, but I live in Europe, so maybe I see it a bit different.
At 12:26:33 PM on 7/28/2002, mr elliesattler said:
I hope he writes the script for JP4 but I know he won't write another JP book (especially after how much Speilberg messed up the Lost World.)
At 11:19:17 PM on 7/27/2002, Stegasaurus said:
everybody "prey" that Chrichton writes JP4.
At 6:13:07 PM on 7/27/2002, RaptorHiss said:
The first 200 pages or so of TimeLine were some of his best work I've ever seen. Sadly, the middle and end were disapointed, as Dan said
At 3:25:35 PM on 7/27/2002, jp-freak said:
i like pie
At 1:32:42 AM on 7/27/2002, underdog738 said:
Political....mmh as much as i like Crichton and his books political stuff tends to confuse me so i'll wait till im at least 17.
At 1:01:12 AM on 7/27/2002, Vinsfeld said:
<font color=red>dan whatd you think of "the Andromeda Strain" (i know it should be underlined but i cant figure out how to here)</font>
At 11:04:02 PM on 7/26/2002, Dan said:
Well I've read all of his books (yes, even Electronic Life and his Jasper Johns biography), and I found Timeline to be the most weak out of all of them. Then again, I loved Airframe, which a lot of people hated, so what do I know.
-Dan
At 9:51:04 PM on 7/26/2002, _jurassiraptor_ said:
I'm surprised, Dan. I thought Timeline was awesome.
At 4:58:39 PM on 7/26/2002, Dan said:
Hopefully it's better than Timeline, which I found VERY disappointing..
-Dan
At 3:41:42 PM on 7/26/2002, Jimmy 345 said:
He should write another Jurassic Park book.
At 3:27:07 PM on 7/26/2002, RaptorVinny500 said:
ive read a lot of his books. im glad its like "The Andromeda Strain" and "Jurassic Park" because they are my 2 favourite michael Crichton novels.
At 3:22:47 PM on 7/26/2002, Jimmy 345 said:
Sounds cool.
At 2:13:38 PM on 7/26/2002, Neelis said:
I'm curious. I like Chrictons writing stile. Hope it comes out in the Netherlands as fast as possible!
At 1:07:09 PM on 7/26/2002, jmock5 said:
Sounds pretty damn good. Michael Chrichton rules.
At 12:44:56 PM on 7/26/2002, _jurassiraptor_ said:
Awesome, totally awesome.
At 10:47:02 AM on 7/26/2002, Maester_Seymour said:
<font color=hotpink>CRICHTON RULES!</font>
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At 10:37:13 AM on 7/26/2002, the ARK said:
I'll be first in line to buy "Prey"!!!
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