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Summary: Travels
Review: The best book I never ment to read! It was misshelved in the travel section...I have always enjoyed the author so I bought it. What a great book. I will look at all my "travels" in a different light.
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Summary: My favorite book of all time.
Review: Simply put, if I were stuck on a deserted island with only one book to read, this would be it. The stories told in this book give insight to a world that few have explored. It makes you realize that there is more to life than just simply what meets the eye. Beware though, this book is not for the closed-minded. You must be open to new ideas that sometimes may seem far-fetched. Open your mind, read this book, and you will start on a journey that will lead to new discoveries.
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Summary: Great life story
Review: This autobio is great. He tells of his extraordinary life and adventures. My favorite book.
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Summary: Excellent, great read.
Review: This book is fascinating. I couldn't expect anything more from Crichton, his vivid and detailed description of his travels is very absorbing. Anyone interested in travels, whether in yourself or on the map should read.
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Summary: A modern renaissance man?
Review: An entertaining and somewhat motivational book. Crichton's experiences make you want to get up and climb Mt. Kilimanjaro or try bending a spoon. As usual, Crichton does not dumb down anything. He explains esoteric scientific ideas in a clear and concise manner. Some of his adventures seem to come out of some action/adventure film. Here is a man who has really lived life...
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Summary: Travels chronicles Crichton's personal journey for meaning.
Review: This book seems much more than a compilation of adventure stories and personal reveries made at significant crossroads of Crichton's life. Travels depicts a personal journey, which takes the author from medical school to exotic and forbidden places, then finally on an inward exploration to test his psychic boundaries. Somewhat tedious in closing, Crichton adds a dense postscript, as academic proof for his self-absorbed wanderlust. We're not expected to swallow it all, hook, line and sinker, but it's definitely an eye-opener to the larger world around us.
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Summary: So-so observations - could have been so much better.
Review: This book was rather disappointing. Crichton comes across as pompous. As I read it I felt insulted that he needed to overexplain every insight to his readers. He went on some interesting trips, but I couldn't help thinking someone else would have described the experiences much better.
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Summary: The tales of a man who has really lived
Review: If I could give this book a 10 I would. He has a powerful hunger for life. It also changed my perspective of him. He is also almost a mirror to Hemmingways writting. He writes about things that he has experianced in some way. If you think about it you can almost see where he comes up with the ideas for his books through out his life.
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Summary: This is a must-read book!
Review: Travels was a great book about Michael Crichton's life. Through his life, Crichton did a lot of interesting things, like scuba dive with sharks, make three movies, and even cut open a human head! The story had some boring parts in it, but life isn't always exciting. Nonetheless, Crichton didn't live a normal life, as you can tell. This becomes very clear towards the end. Many people would like this book. If you want to find out about different parts of the world, Crichton explains a lot about the countries he went to. If it's excitement you want, the story did get very tense at some parts. Also you'd like this book if you're interested in paronormal things. But you'll have to read it to find out why.
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Summary: not great, but I can read it again and again
Review: Whenever I'm going on a long trip on a train or plane I make sure I have this book with me. For some reason I never get tired of it, especially the first and second parts of the book (about medical school and travelling). However, the last part, mostly about the paranormal, has not worn as well, and I don't know why; the vaguely postmodernist anti-scientific speech that finishes the book looks especially bad compared to when I read it for the first time, as a gullible teenager.Still, while this is not great literature, or even a great travel diary, something about it makes it very absorbing and relieves the boredom of long trips. I've probably read it half a dozen times in the last decade and I never get tired of it.
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