Essay Archive - A Case of Needing: Serious Revisions
A Case of Needing: Serious Revisions
Michael Crichton has penned some of the most engaging, timely, and
thoroughly accessible tales to be published in the last twenty-five years. What
his novels lack in literary merit and distinctive style they make up for in
crisp plotting and edge-of-your-seat suspense. From alien viruses to regenerated
dinosaurs, from evil Japanese monoliths to the insidious maneuverings of the
modern corporation, Crichton latches onto the scientific and political
controversies of the day, and squeezes out of them every last ounce of shock
value. At least, that's usually what he does.
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