Saturday, August 15, 2009

Next - Michael Crighton






I started this book with the same excitement I've started several other Crichton novels and it starts off like a bond movie would. In the middle of some kind of spy action. But then then about a quarter of the book through and several simultaneous stories later I realized I was starting to lose track of what was important.

The novel delves into several subjects related to transgenics, biotechnology and genetic engineering with Darwinian overtones, wrapped around with an overarching theme that was hard to grasp until almost half way through the book.

Similiar to 'State of Fear', this felt more of a propaganda book. Michael Crichton is truly dead, literally and figuratively.