Greener Than Thou
Execupundit.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Andrew Sullivan points to "The Halo of Green Consumerism" and the late Michael Crichton on environmentalism as a religion .
The Science of Michael Crichton: An Unauthorized Exploration into the Real Science behind the Fictional Worlds of Michael Crichton (Science of Pop Culture series)
Execupundit.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Andrew Sullivan points to "The Halo of Green Consumerism" and the late Michael Crichton on environmentalism as a religion .
Oil Is Mastery (Free subscription) | yesterday
"For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert." -- Arthur C. Clarke, author, 1999 Michael Crichton, Aliens Cause Global Warming , Jan 2003 (Hat tip: Louis ) Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had. Let's be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business...
The Reference Frame (Free subscription) | 03/18/2010
As I wrote in December and January , Greenpeace CZ has been trying to find primitive tribes all over the world that would help Greenpeace CZ to harm the Czech energy industry by following the template envisioned by Michael Crichton in State of Fear . In the book, eco-terrorist groups initiate lawsuits against industrial corporations based on claims of sunk islands due to global warming. To make their...
Musings of a Bookish Kitty (Free subscription) | 03/18/2010
I began keeping a reading journal several years before I began blogging. The following are my thoughts on a few books I read in early 2005. War by Candlelight by Daniel Alarcón Harper Collins, 2005~ Fiction (Short Stories); 208 pgs War by Candlelight is a compilation of nine short stories by Daniel Alarcón that touch upon such subjects as war, poverty, political strife, family, love,...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 03/17/2010
As I'm sure anyone who is reading this site is well aware, the SXSW film festical is currently underway. But just because the Internet has been consumed with reports and reviews from Austin, TX doesn't mean that the world of news has come grinding to a halt. To that end, here's what has been going on at Sci-Fi Squad over the last few days. John Gholson's pick for this past week's SFS Movie Club was...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 03/17/2010
Taylor Crichton, the 21-year-old daughter of the late bestselling author Michael Crichton, has made her first public comments on the planned sale of the majority of her father's prized art collection. Christie's, which is handling the May sale, has stated...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 03/17/2010
Those lucky ducks at SXSW, they might have all the new movies, Kick-Ass premieres, and the irreplaceable Alamo Drafthouse, but what do we have? Kick-ass movies, and all the comforts of our own homes -- that's what! Since most of the Horror Squad staff is reveling in SXSW, they won't re-enter the grind until Friday, March 19, when they discuss The Signal . But for the rest of us: Sci-Fi Squad and Cinematical...
Working Stiffs (Free subscription) | 03/15/2010
By Wilfred Bereswill I was going to title this blog, “Maybe You’re Not Good Enough – YET”. But I didn’t want people to do a double-take on the URL thinking they might have clicked Janet Reid’s Blog . Sorry, Janet. I, for one, like honesty and that’s what you bring to this crazy business. This month we are offering the best writing advice we can give. So why...
Gadget Cravings (Free subscription) | 03/14/2010
Hey, check out these auctions: Vintage Crime Stories unabridged audio US $12.95 End Date: Sunday Mar-14-2010 9:13:56 PDTBuy It Now for only: US $12.95Buy it now | Add to watch list Prey by Michael Crichton (2002) Audio Book 4 cassettes US $4.00 End Date: Sunday Mar-14-2010 9:14:08 PDTBuy It Now for only: US $4.00Buy it now | Add [...] Related posts: Back On Blossom Street Audio Book Cd By Debbie Macomber...
Book Reviews and Discussions - A www.blogomania.in... (Free subscription) | 03/13/2010
This is the fourth novel by Michael Crichton, which I read. Actually, it was suggested by one of my friend. And the topic was intriguing. So I picked it asap. The novel is about, different management styles of Americans and Japanese. The front end of the story is about a murder, but backend is pure management. Though I worked with Japanese joint venture company for 4 years and thought I knew a lot...
Opinion Dominion (Free subscription) | 03/09/2010
I'm not doing bad at not posting here during the day, except for the fact that I've been making comments all day at Catallaxy instead. (It's a strange blog at the moment, that one, about which I am tempted to post here one day. But not yet.) Tomorrow, I have to stop even that. Anyhow, tonight's little post is about the fact that I finally finished Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood". What a fine...
Oh Get A Grip! (Free subscription) | 03/05/2010
When I was trying to come up with topics for us to post about, I kept thinking about something that has been bugging me for a long while now. The Nobel Prize. Specifically some of their regulations ... The Nobel Prize cannot be awarded posthumously. So some of the best scientists in the world, some of the people who lay the groundwork for others, but die suddenly, and often tragically, are left out...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 03/05/2010
In such bestselling novels as "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain" and "Disclosure," Michael Crichton demonstrated a fascination with the glimmering, shiny complexities of the contemporary high-tech world. As it turns out, the late author's taste in art also embraced the...
The Viewspaper (Free subscription) | 03/04/2010
In his gory time-travel science fiction novel Timeline (1999), Michael Crichton envisaged a three dimensional biological copier which copies a human being and teleports his copy to a “parallel”... Visit The Viewspaper to read the full article.
The Scotland Kilt Company (Free subscription) | 03/04/2010
In 1970’s during a flight to the US Johnny Cash found himself in conversation with a Major Michael Crichton Stewart, hereditary Keeper of Falkirk Palace in Fife, they discussed how the family name Cash originated in Scotland. This chance encounter sparked Cash’s interest and on his return he consulted a genealogist. It turned out [...]
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ufriedellx7 | 12/24/2008
ER TV Show Created by novelist Michael Crichton and reportedly based on his own experiences as a medical student, the NBC hospital drama ER debuted September 19, 1994, directly opposite the similar CBS endeavor Chicago Hope.
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