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Summary: Have you read a good movie lately?
Review: I just read a movie - lots of action, a varied group of characters, exciting settings. I could visualize the "clean room" laboratories of the scientists and the dusty castles of the middle ages all in living color on the big screen with a full orchestral soundtrack stirring the adrenaline with each page - or is it each scene? I've loved Crichton since I devoured Andromeda Strain in one sitting many years ago. But, he's gotten a little too slick. I should have waited for the movie. Oh well, some director will surely outdo my imagination.
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Summary: Interesting read; intriguing idea
Review: Crichton's time travel thriller is an interesting exciting read. A team of scientists is trapped in the Middle Ages, and must extricate themselves from a sticky situation using only their wits.While the time travel theory is interesting, the characters are a bit thin, as is sometimes the case with Crichton novels. Still, the detail on the Middle Ages is excellent, and you really get a feel for living in the time period. Recommended for Cricthon fans, and those seeking a different kind of time travel story.
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Summary: ceci n'est pas un livre de Boulez
Review: Cette livre est un chose que je comprends comme un faux-ideologue ceci un grand horse a bout. Il n'y a pas de carrotes, mais pourquoi a Chrichton n'est-ce pas voulez les reassignements blu? Et pourquoi faire-il la premiere fois a gauche pour favour dans la salle a manger, exceptez pas de creme broulez pour savoir les Elians chaud? Apres de finir cette livre j'ais manager mes mains et telephonez tout ma famille pour vous a ca, "Combien des angels que dancer sur la head d'un pin?" Elles n'a savoir pas que de dit.
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Summary: This new book can't match up to Crichton's others
Review: The concept was good, original, but just wasn't as good as some of Crichton's past books. Unfortunately it wasn't all that could. I was hoping for something great, but I was disappointed.
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Summary: Timeline Works
Review: I really enjoyed Timeline. Not the best Crighton book, but very good none the less. If you enjoy his technical style you will enjoy this book. I couldn't help but adapting this book to a movie as I read it. I just hope they adapt Airframe first and don't ruin it like they need Jurasic Park.
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Summary: Screenplay
Review: When I read the book I thought Crichton was writing a made for tv movie. It lacks the depth of some of his prevoius novels, though it is a departure from his usual fare. I give it 2 stars.
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Summary: Epic, grand, and entrancing
Review: Timeline was awesomely written on Chriton's part. I could not stand to put it down! The characters seem so real and the adventure is enough to give someone a heart attack! It grabs the readers attention straight from the beggining, then builds up to a truly epic climax and it keeps you guessing the whole way through. Chriton gets the book to a point when you can't think about anything except what's going to happen next, and it keeps you wondering, "are they going to make it?"
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Summary: TimeLine mixed reality in a quantum way
Review: Michael Crichton applied his knowledge of quantum physics and history very well. He showed an insight into those areas that I rarely see from any writer. I write books myself, and have to admit that I was a bit jealous about the quality of his story. He has continued to uphold his fine standard of story telling and mentally intrigueing concepts. This book flows well and I an totally happy that I purchased it. Get it, read it, and pass it on. P.S. - I wouldn't give this book the award for best book written by Michael (Congo was a bit better - in my opinion) Thank you ;-}
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Summary: formula writing
Review: As a avid fan of Michael Crichton and having read every book he wrote, it was with great interest that I opened his newest one, Timeline. A disappointing read it was, I got the impression he was simply fulfilling a contract requirement with a publisher and needed to get a new book to press. Oh it's all there; Crichton the master of relating obscure scientific dogma and presenting it in almost understandable laymans terms to a new application,-the book was dull. His formula of technology run-a-muck, destroying it's creator is time tested but for some reason does not come off this time. His ending was predictable and seemed like he reached the required number of pages and simply killed off the bad guy and provided a happy ending for the struggling scientists. I still think his best works are "Jurassic Park" and "The Eaters of the Dead." Both books show more effort and imagination than anything he has written since.
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Summary: The Pot Never Boiled
Review: Feh. Mike writes, what, a "book" in seven days. This "book" [read filmscript treatment] is thin stuff. Skin back the plot and here's the summary. Chapter Oneish: Look there's a rock, a puddle, a hole, a river, a bad guy. Rest of book: Have characters fall into hole, get out of hole, fall into puddle, get out of puddle, fall into river, get out of river, fight with bad guy, kill bad guy Well, you get it. No character development to speak of, and really quite little interesting interaction with historical setting. The historical characters and their relationships with each other are not developed at all. Much of character's actions are left unexplained, and there's a very obvious editorial gaff when Kate escapes to a "narrower" ceiling beam that is actually twice as wide. Very sloppy, very quickly put together stuff. Maybe good for a dumb Hollywood flick, but for a book, this is gossamer thin stuff indeed.
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