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Post by rateater on May 22, 2017 22:01:14 GMT
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Post by SciFive on May 23, 2017 16:40:43 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 1:44:27 GMT
Is this the one his widow found on a computer? Hope it's better than Next and Micro.
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Post by politicidal on May 26, 2017 23:57:46 GMT
I'm so excited for this! Crichton going back to dinosaurs!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 1:54:22 GMT
OK, seen the cover a few times and only just now seeing the person on horseback.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 16, 2017 17:34:39 GMT
I'm a third of the way through it. It's good so far. More of a western/adventure that's complete with this coming-of-age arc for the protagonist. I wish someone will actually make a movie about the Bone Wars.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 16, 2017 17:46:09 GMT
I truly hate when they do this.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 20, 2017 1:03:15 GMT
I truly hate when they do this. Posthumous publications? |
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Post by PreachCaleb on Jun 20, 2017 15:11:45 GMT
I truly hate when they do this. Why's that? |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 20, 2017 16:46:59 GMT
I truly hate when they do this. Why's that? A few reasons. I do not like "posthumous publications" in general. I also consider myself a fan of MC's. "Pirate Latitudes" was found, completed, on his hard drive, which means one of two things, he either did not want it published, or did not think it was good enough to be published. "Next" was bases on his "notes", which means, quite simply, that he did not write it. I am not a huge fan of trampling on a writer's name and legacy, just so everyone peripherally involved can cash in. |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 20, 2017 16:47:43 GMT
I truly hate when they do this. Posthumous publications? It is true that do not like "posthumous publications" in general. I also consider myself a fan of MC's. "Pirate Latitudes" was found, completed, on his hard drive, which means one of two things, he either did not want it published, or did not think it was good enough to be published. "Next" was bases on his "notes", which means, quite simply, that he did not write it. I am not a huge fan of trampling on a writer's name and legacy, just so everyone peripherally involved can cash in. |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 20, 2017 16:52:38 GMT
P.S. I do not know anything about "Micro" or "Dragon Teeth", and unless MC left a post it note on one of them saying "OMG this is my best work evar! Please make sure it gets published if I die!" then I really don't care.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Jun 20, 2017 18:26:07 GMT
A few reasons. I do not like "posthumous publications" in general. I also consider myself a fan of MC's. "Pirate Latitudes" was found, completed, on his hard drive, which means one of two things, he either did not want it published, or did not think it was good enough to be published."Next" was bases on his "notes", which means, quite simply, that he did not write it. I am not a huge fan of trampling on a writer's name and legacy, just so everyone peripherally involved can cash in. As a big Crichton fan, I gotta disagree. There could be a third option: he just hadn't gotten around to it. He was battling cancer. He might've been more concerned with that than publishing. I don't feel any posthumous publications can tarnish a legacy any more than a remake ruins the original movie. |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 20, 2017 20:00:52 GMT
"Pirate Latitudes" was found, completed, on his hard drive, which means one of two things, he either did not want it published, or did not think it was good enough to be published. As a big Crichton fan, I gotta disagree. There could be a third option: he just hadn't gotten around to it. He was battling cancer. He might've been more concerned with that than publishing. I don't feel any posthumous publications can tarnish a legacy any more than a remake ruins the original movie. Not sure I see the correlation, no one "rewrote" any of his books after all, and I would be pretty disappointed if they did. |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 20, 2017 20:05:30 GMT
"Pirate Latitudes" was found, completed, on his hard drive, which means one of two things, he either did not want it published, or did not think it was good enough to be published. As a big Crichton fan, I gotta disagree.
By JANET MASLINNOV. 22, 2009
The jacket copy for “Pirate Latitudes” states ambiguously that this book was “discovered as a complete manuscript in his files” after its author, Michael Crichton, died last year. Crichton was well known for putting his medical training (as the creator of the television series “ER”) and deep interest in science to expert dramatic use. He successfully used the prehistoric (“Jurassic Park”), contemporary (“Disclosure”) and future (“Next”) as storytelling fodder with equal ease. He was even given a dinosaur namesake (Crichtonsaurus bohlini). But the quaint, boyish, gee-whiz exploits that make up “Pirate Latitudes” were not hallmarks of his best work. When did he complete this manuscript? Why was it found in his files and not on his publisher’s desk? The book jacket’s wording leaves those things unclear, but “Pirate Latitudes” suggests its own answers. Regardless of where it belongs on Crichton’s personal timeline (and “Timeline” was another of his high-octane best sellers), “Pirate Latitudes” has unremarkable ambitions, standard genre flourishes and the stiff, uncomfortable tone of early work. |
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 20, 2017 20:08:15 GMT
PreachCaleb and President Ackbar™Oh, boy. Perhaps it's just my immature love of anything pirate-related, but I'm reading Pirate Latitudes right now and very much enjoying it--far more fun than two pirate movies I've recently seen, the latest Pirates of the Caribbean and Cutthroat Island.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 20, 2017 20:10:52 GMT
"Pirate Latitudes" was found, completed, on his hard drive, which means one of two things, he either did not want it published, or did not think it was good enough to be published. |
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Post by PreachCaleb on Jun 21, 2017 12:59:14 GMT
As a big Crichton fan, I gotta disagree. There could be a third option: he just hadn't gotten around to it. He was battling cancer. He might've been more concerned with that than publishing. I don't feel any posthumous publications can tarnish a legacy any more than a remake ruins the original movie. Not sure I see the correlation, no one "rewrote" any of his books after all, and I would be pretty disappointed if they did. That's exactly the point. No posthumous publication affects what came before it in any way. |
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Post by PreachCaleb on Jun 21, 2017 13:01:09 GMT
There could be a third option: he just hadn't gotten around to it. He was battling cancer. He might've been more concerned with that than publishing. Awesome. But those 20 year old anecdotes don't reflect how he was feeling about the project at the time of his illness. If anything, it shows his determination to finish and get it published. |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 21, 2017 22:36:32 GMT
"According to Marla Warren, however, there is evidence that Crichton had been working on Pirate Latitudes at least since the 1970s Awesome. But those 20 year old anecdotes don't reflect how he was feeling about the project at the time of his illness. If anything, it shows his determination to finish and get it published. Sorry, but, you already chose: "He was battling cancer. He might've been more concerned with that than publishing."
You cannot change your answer to the exact opposite: "If anything, it shows his determination to finish and get it published."You don't get to have it both ways.  |
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