From: "John Beamish" 

TNR?  Times New Roman?

I like Crichton's style:  cardboard characters, thin plot and an economy of
writing that makes every book a page turner.  I've read most of his books
and find that half-way through he runs out of plot so whatever happened in
the previous 10 pages is repeated with variations four times and then the
plot gets resolved, things wrap and everybody goes home.

As for "Next" ... this was the first I'd heard of it so I
promptly went to the library site and put a hold on it.  Sixty-three others
had heard of it before I read your comment.  Do, please, try to be more
timely -- some of us *depend* on fellow Homeless/Barkto/Canopians for
timely guidance and assistance! ;-)

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:37:06 -0500, Randy  wrote:

> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> I'm only about 1/4 of the way through Michael Crichton's 'Next' and so
>> far I find it a fascinating read on genetics and who actually owns our
>> genes. Could the State of California actually declare eminent domain to
>> procure a person's cells for research? Hopefully not but it does make
>> for some interesting speculation.
>
> Crichton also took a swipe at a TNR repoter in the book by making him a
> child molester.
>
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/books/14cric.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogi
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