Yeah, Crichton's writing style is weird - he's said in interviews how he spends years researching a novel so it's technically correct. Even reading "Jurassic Park" or "The Lost World", you can see...

i completely disagree (sorry, i'm a huge crichton fan) i think its amazing how in depth he goes into his subjects, because its a fun way to learn about topics that you'd otherwise probably not p...

I disagree. I think his characters, especially in "The Lost World", "Jurassic Park" and even "Sphere" were cookie cutter. It's easy to relate to characters you've read about in hundreds of other no...

i dont know how you can call characters like those in sphere and lost world cookie cutter... how often do you read about dinosaur hunters and teams who study accident sites?