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You, Dead to me, and Freezing Cold

Started by johnlilly · 10 months ago

Well, Time Magazine has announced their Person of the Year, and it’s apparently you. So congratulations for that. Great job! No, really, I’m serious. You couldn’t be more deserving. Well, there was that patch this year where you were a little bit cr ... Continue reading »

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  • Gen

    2 years ago

    I never read Crichton. I never will.

    See:

    http://www.tnr.com/user/nregi.mhtml?i=20061225&s;=diarist122506

    and great commentary here:

    http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/57008
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  • Adam Nash

    2 years ago

    My favorite part about Michael Crichton books was his complete and utter inability to end a story. Going back to the early days of Andromeda Strain, the ending is always, "And then the problem just went away". Virus? No problem, it mutates to be safe. Crazy diamond-guarding gorillas? No problem, volcano erupts. It confused me for a long time that Jurassic Park actually had a teaser ending, and then I read that actually the editor had added it. Of course, Crichton just wanted the island napalmed so that the dinosaur problem would be solved.

    I stopped reading as soon as the chapter length officially became 1 page, and it started reading like a very bad screenplay.
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