The Speculist (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
...circa 1985 or so. This looks like a good set-up for a tehcno- thriller, doesn't it? S.F. officials locked out of computer network A disgruntled city computer engineer has virtually commandeered San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar computer network, altering it to...
Ed Driscoll.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Recreate 1,000,068 B.C.! I had to laugh when a link to this advertisement started showing up this week in my Site Meter's banner ads: Next month, you'll be able to meet more living dinosaurs in Denver than Michael Crichton could...
MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Author Michael Crichton discusses the politics of fear and its crippling effect on society.
Right Wing News (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Last month on my blog, I linked to Jack Shafer's article in Slate, declaring Advantage: Michael Crichton:In 1993, novelist Michael Crichton riled the news business with a Wired magazine essay titled "Mediasaurus," in which he prophesied the death of...
Ed Driscoll.com (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Recently, I linked to Jack Shafer's article in Slate, declaring Advantage: Michael Crichton:In 1993, novelist Michael Crichton riled the news business with a Wired magazine essay titled "Mediasaurus," in which he prophesied the death of the mass mediaspecifically the...
Life and Times (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
read a book on Goodreads Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 5:17 am - Comment
Social Sense (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
In my opinion, Charles Krauthammer is one of our most intellectual writers and commentators. He is a former (liberal) democrat nee conservative who in writing an essay about environmentalism is attempting to make a point not unlike that of writer Michael Crichton, famous for a number of fiction novels (Jurassic Park) and a revelation entitled “State of Fear.” The underlying theme of the latter is that...
Newmark's Door (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Michael Crichton, a multi-talented fellow--and whose speech "The Case for Skepticism on Global Warming" is underappreciated--predicted in 1993 that the mass media were headed for extinction. Slate says he was, albeit a bit early, mostly right.
Lamentations on Chemistry (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
I viewed the new version of The Andromeda Strain recently. The miniseries is directed by brothers Ridley and Tony Scott and was broadcast on A&E. I really like and respect Michael Crichton for the book and the original movie was quite good. And, Ridley Scott is one of my favorite directors. But this remake is a [...]
Secured Loans (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
This is a simple competition,Just answer a Question and fill in details. To celebrate the special two-disc DVD release of the brand new adaptation of Michael Crichton’s classic sci-fi novel ‘The Andromeda Strain’, in shops May 19, Time Out have teamed up with Universal Pictures to offer you the chance to ...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
... Science Fiction, literature, and the haters . I like Michael Crichton's books better than Jake does, though I don't think they are intended as literature. Crichton is very clever in the way he sketches a character in terms of ceratin generalities (e.g., the Martin Sheen-like actor in State of Fear ) in such a way that the reader fills in much of the detail on his own. Compare any Crichton thriller...
ShoutWire.com (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Michael Crichton unleashes his intense displeasure at news media and conformity's upswing in recent years.
Needcoffee.com (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
The Andromeda Strain, based on the Michael Crichton book and adapted for the big screen in 1971 is now turned into a miniseries over on A&E, starring Benjamin Bratt, Andre Braugher and Rick Schroder. Produced by Ridley and Tony Scott. The miniseries is brought here to DVD by Universal on two discs, with [...]
Mister Snitch! (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
" American media produce[s] a product of very poor quality ... It's flashy but it's basically junk." "[T]he American media produce a product of very poor quality," he lectured. "Its information is not reliable, it has too much chrome and glitz, its doors rattle, it breaks down almost immediately, and it's sold without warranty. It's flashy but it's basically junk." He's right, of course. Especially...
Britannica Blog (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
The writer Michael Crichton is quoted in an interview in Slate on the state of the media: The truth is, we live in an age of astonishing conformity. I grew up in the 1950s, supposedly the heyday of conformity, but there was much more freedom of opinion back then. And as a result, you knew that [...]
