Well, I've got real affection for those early John Lange books. The
Last Tomb, in particular. I liked Crichton's work, even when I
disagreed with it or felt that he phoned it in. I'm going to miss him.
We need more alarmists writing science fiction these days.
Mark Finn
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Mark R. Harris"
<brokerharris@...> wrote:
>
> I must disagree about Zero Cool. I thought it came dangerously close to
> being a completely worthless book --not well written, not well
plotted, not
> well characterized. The story is very silly, which might have worked if
> carried off with the panache of, say, an outrageous episode of Wild Wild
> West. But no such luck.
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 11/5/08, Jeff Vorzimmer <jvorzimmer@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Michael Crichton dies at 66
> >
> > Wow. Didn't know he was ill. I just finished reading Zero Cool,
which I
> > thought was excellent. It kind of read like a David Dodge novel.
> >
> > I highly recommend it and hope that HCC reprints more John Lange
titles.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
>
>
>
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