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...
Those are just the situations they're placed in. Think of boy bands and the way they follow a formula: The cute one, the bad boy, the innocent one, etc. That's what I mean by cookie cutter. His characters aren't very deep.
in sphere they were pretty deep... geologically speaking anyway
BAHAHAHA! i like how the food was different. whipped cream was something different. the cream won't whip under pressure. interesting.