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Posthumous Michael Chricton novels
Posted on 7/21/26 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 7/21/26 at 3:55 pm
Anyone read the Chricton novels published after his death? When I was younger I gobbled his works up after reading Jurassic Park. I haven’t read any of his posthumous stuff, and I see that at least one of them was finished by another author using Chricton’s notes. Any of them any good? Im tempted to start with Pirate Latitudes, but Id read somewhere that he didn't think it was worthy of publishing (and thus sat on his hard drive). Anyone here read any of them?
Posted on 7/21/26 at 4:15 pm to DesScorp
I read “Dragon Teeth.” I thought it was enjoyable.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:29 pm to Sasquatch Smash
I’ve read them, reading Micro right now. All are enjoyable enough. I really enjoyed Dragon Teeth & Pirate
Posted on 7/22/26 at 3:58 pm to Run Ultra
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I really enjoyed Dragon Teeth & Pirate
These are the only two I've read, and I enjoyed both as well.
Posted on 7/22/26 at 10:01 pm to jchamil
Really I’ve enjoyed every Crichton novel. Reading Micro now
Posted on 7/23/26 at 5:54 am to DesScorp
I started Jurassic Park this morning after seeing you mention it. I didn't know it was a book. I'm hooked!
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:19 am to DesScorp
Dragon Teeth and Pirate Latitudes are both good.
They fall in the category I call “good airport reads.” They’re not going to win any awards, but they’re both enjoyable reads to kill time.
They fall in the category I call “good airport reads.” They’re not going to win any awards, but they’re both enjoyable reads to kill time.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 6:01 pm to Loup
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I started Jurassic Park this morning after seeing you mention it. I didn't know it was a book. I'm hooked!
The book and the movie are their own things. Spielberg changed a good bit (as he did in Jaws). I saw a preview display for JP in a theater a year before it was released, and when I saw "based on the novel by..." that's when I picked it up. Absolutely loved it and read a bunch of his stuff in the coming decade. Congo is both wonderful and silly at the same time, and I highly enjoyed the read. Chricton had the same kind of gift that Tom Clancy had in his ability to write technology as a character in and of itself, only Chricton is more informative. You actually learn a lot reading his work (informative explanations not unlike the way Arthur C. Clarke would explain scientific and technical concepts).
I've now started reading Dragon Teeth per the recommendations here, and have bought Pirate Latitudes.
BTW, while they share a name, the sequel book and movie have very little to do with each other. Completely different stories almost. Maybe twenty percent of the second novel made it into the script of the movie sequel. Both are enjoyable, but I thought the second JP novel was in most ways superior to movie sequel.
Posted on 9/19/26 at 10:37 pm to DesScorp
I thought Pirate Latitudes was a good read.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 9:26 am to DesScorp
If I remember correctly he had several, like pirates that were completed but maybe not edited and he felt weren’t good enough to publish. But they were highly enjoyable to me. Nothing ground breaking.
Posted on 9/29/26 at 5:39 pm to DesScorp
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Chricton had the same kind of gift that Tom Clancy had in his ability to write technology as a character in and of itself, only Chricton is more informative. You actually learn a lot reading his work (informative explanations not unlike the way Arthur C. Clarke would explain scientific and technical concepts).
To me it was hilarious that he was touted for his ability to do it, was reviled for State of Fear.
Even though it even it’s the only one of his books to my knowledge that put in footnoted annotations to primary literature that the claims the character was saying was being backed up.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 8:57 pm to Volvagia
That was a real eye opener for me when I read it years ago.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 1:55 pm to Sasquatch Smash
Listened to dragon teeth over the weekend based on this recommendation.
I liked it.
I will probably move on to the next MC novel in this list next.
I liked it.
I will probably move on to the next MC novel in this list next.
Posted on 10/16/26 at 10:43 pm to Volvagia
State of Fear is an all timer of mine. Love the audiobook as well.
I haven’t picked up any of the releases since his passing, but I will recommend his memoir ‘Travels’.
I haven’t picked up any of the releases since his passing, but I will recommend his memoir ‘Travels’.
Posted on 10/23/26 at 4:05 pm to Volvagia
Another State of Fear fan. Seems even more prescient today than when it was written.
Posted on 10/27/26 at 11:43 pm to DesScorp
I tried Pirate Latitudes about 15 years ago. Don’t think I finished it. Didn’t like it.
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