• What book is currently on your nightstand?
  • Who is the author?
  • What genre?
  • How do you like it?
  • Would you recommend it to others?
  • EmptyRadar@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I probably wouldn’t recommend The Andromeda Strain as your first Crichton. Although it’s among his earlier books, it can be pretty dry at times, so you really have to be a fan of the science part of the sci-fi.

    Something like Micro, Prey, or Next would probably be better places to start - those are among his later works (in fact he passed while writing Micro), and they have pretty good plots which move along at a fun pace. Sphere gets an honorable mention here too.

    If you like any of those and you’re willing to try something a bit more on the sciencey side, check out Jurassic Park.

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      1 year ago

      Dude, what!? Crichton did Westworld, Jurassic Park, Sphere, Congo, AND Twister?!?! I had no idea.

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      1 year ago

      Thanks! I’ll check out those other 3 first. Also, I had no idea that Sphere was his story. I really enjoyed that movie when I was in highschool!