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Title: Getting tired of Crichton
Review: Crichton's best work, in my opinion, is non-fiction. His TRAVELS is a great read and provides insight into what makes him tick. He has great plot ideas, but the writing is too predictable and contrived. It's like looking at a photo of a great meal in a magazine and then eating the paper--not at all satisfying, but the CONCEPT is great. TIMELINE is, if anything, worse than RETURN TO JURASSIC PARK, or whatever that bomb was called. It reads like a bad TV drama. I think I will consign Crichton to the same place I put another author I was intrigued with, until I read enough of his books to learn there wasn't a whole lot there--Kurt Vonnegut.
