AzurePhoenix Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Crichton... personally, I don't know how I feel about his, several are awesome, particularly J.Park and Eaters of the Dead, but others are rather lacking. Each is built from great ideas, but I think his climaxes and endings are bland and unengaging. The Lost World was just utter crap, just giving Malcom a chance to rant for however many hundred pages..... when did I become such a bitter critic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudde Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Fantasy, and I'm a huge David Eddings fan. exactly! You go gurl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorN Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 SF (science/speculative fiction) is my favourite genre! Have you guys read any Stephen Baxter? His books are awsome. I also like reading popular science books and random novels. The last few books I've read: 1) Mammoth trilogy by Baxter 2) Cosmos by Sagan 3) Star wars - last comand (as an experiment into space opera, but it confirmed my worst fears about the genre ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakuenso Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 dystopian political novels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbug1 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Crichton... personally' date=' I don't know how I feel about his, several are awesome, particularly J.Park and Eaters of the Dead, but others are rather lacking. Each is built from great ideas, but I think his climaxes and endings are bland and unengaging. The Lost World was just utter crap, just giving Malcom a chance to rant for however many hundred pages..... when did I become such a bitter critic?[/quote'] Let's see...it's about 4 months later, and I've officially drained myself of Crichton. I nearly burned "Disclosure" after the first 30 pages. "Rising Sun" if it's anything like the movie, I'll never read it. Michael Crichton said he would never write another sequel after TLW because it was such trash that lined the way for the movie, which I don't think you can even call garbage, it's worse. (JP 4 coming out this summer!!!!!! woot!) I hear they are making "Prey" into a movie, and I thought that the book was relatively "engaging." I learned something about nano-tech, which interested me in the science some. The first 50 pages were hard to get through, however, when it seem Crichton had gone soft with the vomitatious baby-talk. The ending was good, definately not crap, but nothing like Timeline, and JP. Currently entertaining Stephen King, Dawkins, and Pulitzer Prize winners in Fiction and non-fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Let's see...it's about 4 months later, and I've officially drained myself of Crichton. I hear you! ...but nothing like Timeline, and JP. God, don't get me started on Timeline... an evil genius creates a way to fax a copy of a person into alternate universes, creates a perfect electronic language translators and takes advantage of unsuspecting anthropologists in order to... (evil pause) CREATE THE MOST HISTORICALLY CORRECT THEME PARK KNOWN TO MAN!!! The generally idea was ok, but he pretty much screwed that part up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbug1 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 God' date=' don't get me started on Timeline... an evil genius creates a way to fax a copy of a person into alternate universes, creates a perfect electronic language translators and takes advantage of unsuspecting anthropologists in order to... (evil pause) CREATE THE MOST HISTORICALLY CORRECT THEME PARK KNOWN TO MAN!!! The generally idea was ok, but he pretty much screwed that part up.[/quote'] Hey, as far as technically correct fiction goes, Crichton knows his stuff. He could write non-fiction books if he wanted. He's just more an action-packed fantasy guy who knows a lot about science. EDIT: ...I know what you mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Hey, as far as technically correct fiction goes, Crichton knows his stuff. He could write non-fiction books if he wanted. He's just more an action-packed fantasy guy who knows a lot about science. He could just use some work on his plot lines, as far as Timeline is concerned. I, personally, find his books rather dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Ditto. Reality is waaaaaay to interesting for fantasy to interest me anymore. same here, although i find myself more into religion now as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 same here, although i find myself more into religion now as well. in terms of reading material, you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuminati Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 You people and your books. Give me a manga any day. But after that, sci-fi, fantasy, then physics books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbug1 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 He could just use some work on his plot lines, as far as Timeline is concerned. I, personally, find his books rather dull. It really does seem that way when you read more on a broader scale ...which ones have you read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 You people and your books. Give me a manga any day. But after that' date=' sci-fi, fantasy, then physics books.[/quote'] My girlfriend chews threw Manga, but I don't see what's so great about it... that could be partially because she reads 'girly' manga, with plenty of homoerotic males thrown into the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbug1 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 You people and your books. Give me a manga any day. But after that' date=' sci-fi, fantasy, then physics books.[/quote'] Manga's read from back to cover...something I find hard to get used to, or it might be that they are ridiculously annoying and hopelessly based on astrology. EDIT: the promiscuity of the characters is a poor way to introduce porn into comics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuminati Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 My girlfriend chews threw Manga, but I don't see what's so great about it... that could be partially because she reads 'girly' manga, with plenty of homoerotic males thrown into the mix. Yea, there are alot of those mangas out there, they are called Yaoi, or "for girls" in japanese. Essentially they are just homosexual comics, not my cup of tea. Manga's read from back to cover...something I find hard to get used to' date=' or it might be that they are ridiculously annoying and hopelessly based on astrology. EDIT: the promiscuity of the characters is a poor way to introduce porn into comics...[/quote'] Yea, I like the back to cover aspect of them, they really set themselves apart from other books, even comic books. and hey, nothing wrong with a little promiscuity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 in terms of reading material, you mean? yeah. i read the bible more now than i did when i was a christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 yeah. i read the bible more now than i did when i was a christian heh... define irony. : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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