Comments on: The Top 5 “Crazy” Michael Crichton Ideas That Actually Came True

By: ostenh

ostenh — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:19:23 +0000

I couldn’t help getting the feeling that a lot in “Prey” was taken directly from Stanislaw Lem’s “The Invincible”, one of Lem’s best in my opinion. Read it if you haven’t already!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:35:03 +0000

Crichton is an awesome writer. He’s like a philosophical scientist. Of coarse he didn’t come up with all of his ideas, but he understood them amazingly well and brought it to life. He does exaggerate for the sake of the book, but his science remains strong. So many people misunderstand this guy. As for State of Fear, he’s not saying global warming isn’t happening, but proposing that more scientific study must be done on it’s effects and causes!! All the science was valid, however way he proposed it or was misunderstood. It wasn’t ALL accurate, but come on! Is anything is Space Odyssey taken more accurate? I say he is definitely among the greatest sci-fi writers, although a very different approach is taken by him so many may disagree.

By: elsie

elsie — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:57:48 +0000

Crichton was an excellent writer and should be remembered as such. He may not have been the original creator of these ideas, but he always researched every aspect – no-one can say he wasn’t thorough! – and he presented them well, and in realistic, or at least easily-imaginable, scenarios. At the very least he got people thinking, debating and talking. Look what everyone is doing here. And if he was a bad writer then he wouldn’t have such an enormous fanbase. He should be remembered in a good light, and for the massive contribution he has made to modern science fiction, because face it non-fans, his books are not going anywhere. RIP MC.

By: simon thong

simon thong — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:14:15 +0000

I regained my interest in science when Crichton came onto the scene. Jurassic Park was entertaining and enthralling. His take on global warming is illuminating. Yes, he isn’t in the same league as Asimov and others; he was in a league all his own!

By: Claire

Claire — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:29:32 +0000

Regarding #4 “Prey” – consider Morgellons Disease (see Staningerreport.com)

By: Crazy Michael Crichton Ideas That Weren’t so Crazy - Ideas Blog - NYTimes.com

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:13:43 +0000

[...] Science | Say what you will about Michael Crichton’s views, but some of his science-fiction ideas, far-fetched at the time, have panned out or are in the process of panning out. For example, brain implants, self-replicating robots and the cloning of dead animals. Not to alarm you or anything. [Discover] [...]

By: Badger3k

Badger3k — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:04:17 +0000

Agreed – he didn’t come up with them, just popularized them (although I think more people are aware of the movies than the books, even if some, like Congo, were pretty horrible). He gets credit for coming up with talking gorillas, even though Koko was the basis of the idea? I didn’t know that’s how things worked. I guess I came up with the idea of motorized vehicles that burned hydrocarbons, since I just wrote about them. Seriously? I am also not sure how Superbugs from Space can be said to have come true if we don’t have any? I guess that means Roddenberry’s Warp Drive is true because someone wrote a paper on how it is plausible.

Crichton was an OK writer, but he isn’t in the same league as Asimov and others.

By: PissyUpLateDude

PissyUpLateDude — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:16:43 +0000

45 Million year old Yeast was taken from amber and made into beer.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/23/ancient-yeast-beer.html

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Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:02:42 +0000

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