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       The commentator TedGooding posts on 12/13/2006 12:15:13 PM

Michael Crichton delivered a speech "Aliens Cause Global Warming" in Jan 2003. Is a DVD or tape of him delivering the speech available? If so, where? I would like to use it in my global warming class which starts in jan 2007.


       Laurel posts on 12/6/2006 8:04:23 PM

Help! What examples can I use to cite Michael Crichton's use of suspense and imagery in his books?


       posts on 5/31/2006 10:47:10 PM

This movie is awsome. Can anyone give me a link to this book's official site?


       posts on 4/10/2006 12:28:49 PM

as a low life how can i write a book about you? want to post pic's of nude jolene blalock


       The commentator Mallory posts on 1/18/2006 9:15:16 PM

What new technologies would be needed to build the ultraflash apparatus?


       fitzy posts on 1/4/2006 9:12:31 PM

this website doesnt help, it said detailed book reviews, they have detailed at all


       The commentator X posts on 12/7/2005 9:59:30 AM

Could ANYONE please send me a 300+ word summary of Rising Sun. I'm goin to flunk if I don't have it :-(


       The commentator Anis posts on 11/25/2005 7:25:24 PM

I would like to know the e-mail address of Mr. Michael Crichton. Please help me. Thank you very much.


       joe schmo posts on 10/22/2005 4:50:29 PM

Can anyone give me summary of State of Fear, I kinda need it by the 23rd of October, I would appreciate it a lot.


       The commentator Jane posts on 9/11/2005 3:55:05 PM

What is the theme of PREY? Please email me tonight.


       The commentator Susie422 posts on 8/26/2005 7:31:09 PM

If anyone could please send me a very detailed summary of the whole book i would greatly apprieciate-by Wed. Aug. 30th pleasse. Thanx


       The commentator Jon Smith posts on 4/17/2005 10:04:35 PM

can anyone give me a nice summary of the book...like 2 pages or lesss please....it would be greatly appreciated..! THANKS


       Bibhas De posts on 2/16/2005 1:35:25 AM

The ultimate science conspiracy - read, if you dare, about the Priory of the Dungeon, infinitely more sinister than the Priory of Sion. Sorry, I tried but cannot post a URL. So please do a Google search on THE-FOUNDATION -IS -THE -FRONTIER (no spaces). This will bring up my physics essay series. Go to the bottom and click on the Priory of the Dungeon. Be afraid! Very afraid!


       The commentator Dr. Pat Willins posts on 2/14/2005 5:07:05 PM

Many years ago Clarendon (he called himself Johnny) Chrichton lived at my home in Nashville, Tennessee. He had a great influence on me regarding classical music and I have always wondered what your relationship was with him - son - nephew ? He was from Johnston, Pennsylvania and was head of Super Service Freight Lines at that time - in the 1940s - and VERY RICH! Ha! He was a customer of my father's and durin ghtat wartime could not find a suitable place to live - so he lived in our huge suburban home in Bellemeade.


       Open Eyes posts on 2/14/2005 2:01:42 PM

State of fear is fostered to permit the erosion of our constitutional rights w/o protest from the citizens/sheep. FUTURE: spritually bankrupt, ignorant economic serfs.


       The commentator Chris Snyder posts on 2/11/2005 10:28:56 AM

I would like to present a good reason for the state of fear people are in these days. It is explain extremely well in the Daniel Quinn's book "The Story of B". I'll try to summarize. There is a direct relationship between the rise in the "state of fear" and the rise in world human population. With the development of agriculture, using the land to the fullest, human population has grown at quite an alarming rate. This growth has occurred without the natural checks and balances that nature applies to every other creature. Quinn uses an analogy that seems appropriate. He compares the stresses we put on the environment with a pot of water rising in temperature, approaching the boiling point. In the 1960s we finally realized the water was boiling and we wanted to blame something in hopes that some how the temperature will subside. Quinn gives some great examples of this in his book. Quinn also points out that this population growth is not evil or subversive, it just is. WE need to realize the impacts of this population growth so we can move on, away from this state of fear that we are in.


       The commentator Terri Carlson posts on 1/25/2005 8:05:26 AM

Is there a mailing address i can use to forward a letter to Michael Crichton? I recently discovered a letter my son wrote to Mr. Crichton about 12 years ago, and it had been returned to him. I would love to be able to forward it! Thank you for the information!


       Doon posts a bold assertion on 1/5/2005 5:48:42 AM

Michael Crichton is to SciFi literature what USA Today is to journalism.


       The controversial Joseph posts on 1/5/2005 4:28:01 AM

Okay, What happened? I frequent this BBS once or twice a year, but really only after I get seriously involved a tad after Christmas, every two years (thanks to M.C.'s predictable publishers, who are obviously not working for Mr. King..as he has numerous titles coming out the woodworks, God knows when) Anyway, this is my first time back here in a while. This is terrible. Absolutely horrific. I don't know, its like..trying to compare Jules Verne to Star Trek. Crichton has had some screw ups (please read my last post two years ago about Prey..if you can find it on this monstrosity), but he's up there with King, Clancy (possibly Baldacci and Patterson) as the great novelists of our times. Keep in mind what people thought of Dickens and company when they were getting paid pence for the word (which is why most of Charles novels are soooo long). Star Wars is a great trilogy, it will alway have a place in my heart. But I don't like seeing Darth Vader's face hanging on a banner dedicated to my favorite contemporary author. How about Elijah Wood's?..I can live with that. But this is sci-fi, not fantasy..even though I'd prefer it to be about literature. And I guess that's my point. M.C. does not deserve to be brought down to the level of Luke and Kirk (no offense diehards, really). I feel in a hundred years he will be remembered for his literature, not his sci-fi (i.e. Jules V.) I think this website has become a tarnish on a great reputation.. And I can only say that because that man has redeemed himself..above and beyond. As a diehard fan whose read all his books repeatedly, this is by far, BY FAR, something all of us Crichton heads have been waiting for. And if you think Im being biased, go look up (if you can it on this dreadful site, it took me five minutes to find a way to post a new message) my review of Prey. It was his worst. Im prepared to defend "State of Fear" as either his second best, or a tie for best. All MicCri fans know that "Sphere" was the best, but there he tackled an obstacle with metaphysics.. In "S.O.F", he tackled a whole new (much needed to be addressed) beast of socio-politics, (with a good helpin' of media) If anyones interested (on either the new website format, or State of Fear) I'll be happy to discuss, debate, argue, agree Hope to hear from someone -Joseph


       The commentator Joseph Nawlo posts on 1/3/2005 12:05:54 PM

Mr. Circhton I'm wondering why you didn't continue making more Jurassic Park novels. You hadn't done JP 3 and soon there would be a fourth movie. Email me at my Email address.


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