Eaters of the dead

[pjthompson]

(P.S. One of the few Michael Crichton books I liked.)


Random quote of the day:


"All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies."

—John Arbuthnot, 1667-1735

Comments

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

Damn, another nice cover!

I liked him. Once. Then, he made me mad. So now he is dead to me. Except when I use him to illustrate authors who use footnotes and the fans who love them.

[pjthompson]

Who, Crichton or David Almond? Crichton lost me when I made the mistake of reading his memoirs, which I subtitled, "Enormous Ego Wanders the World Thinking It Revolves Around Him."

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

Chrichton. He lost me when he failed to reveal whether or not the wife in PREY had her affair before or after she was infected. It was the only reason I kept reading. And he never answered it. It was a total plot contrivance. I felt so dirty and used after.

[pjthompson]

I felt so dirty and used after.

That pretty much sums up Crichton. That and the contrivance part.

[pjthompson]

P.S. Always do what your agent says. Unless you don't wanna, then do it anyway. ;-)

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

really? I should do it? what about my integritar?

[pjthompson]

integritar? that old tattered thing? ;-)

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

you're right, I should just toss that aside

[pjthompson]

It's such a burden. Docility to authority is so much easier. And bound to make us all happy! /irony