Can we all agree that he was a mediocre sci fi writer, and that jurassic park was just lightning in a bottle?
I liked airframe, and eaters of the dead.
Why the hate? Guy achieved a high status gig (M.D.), wrote non-fic, changed to lit, made bank and got house-hold-name famous...Pretty broad offering if you consider the whole; maybe try his Pirate book?Or if you insist on making judgements, put forth someone you consider worthy of your praise...so we can take em' to the woodshed.
>>24987540Easy. John Grisham.
If I offered you one hundred million billion dollars to convince the three average airport book buyer to purchase and read speculative science fiction you'd die only richer the memories of having embarrassed yourself
>>24987557Is there science fiction that is not speculative?
>>24987569https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative_fiction
>>24987543Genre writer? Sheeeeit, no wonder the ladies are running lit these days.
>>24986421At 6’9, Crichton was probably the tallest writer to ever achieve mainstream success. If I had to assemble a basketball team from reanimated dead authors, Crichton would definitely be my first choice. Could you say the same about your favorite author?
