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| The reaction to Crichton's novels varies drastically; there are critics who love his work and critics who despise it. | ||
Those who like Crichton: |
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"Crichton does with PREY what he does so well, which is to take what's happening right now and extrapolate it to take a peek at what might happen tomorrow" Joe Hartlaub, BookReporter.com |
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Crichton - the author of Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure, and The Adromeda Strain, the creator of ER and the director of such films as Westworld - has crafted a frantic, wide-ranging, and occasionally didactic thriller which challenges our basic assumptions about scientific "knowledge" W.E. Wallo, BlogCritics.org |
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“Despite its absurd moments, “Prey” is irresistibly suspenseful. You’re entertained on one level and you learn something on another, even if the two levels do ultimately diverge.” Jim Holt, New York Times Book Reivew |
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| "Only Crichton's unique ability to blend scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction could bring such disparate elements to a heart-stopping conclusion." |
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| Those who don't like Crichton: | ||
"Crichton gets credit for trying, but the subject matter is way too complicated for commercial fiction." Carol Memmott, USA Today |
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"Prey is not scary science because (to be blunt) very little of it is real. In Crichton's stories, the scientists are mad--all but one who moans about how 'nature will find a way' and 'we should not play with things we don't understand'" Chris Pheonix, Nanotechnology Now |
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"Bad Science, Bad Fiction: In Michael Crichton's work, the two are intimately connected." Chris Mooney, |
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