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[–] 36 points 1 year ago (14 children)

I love the movie, but my spouse talked me into reading the book and it's an absolute masterpiece. Michael Crichton is to science what Steven king is to scary.

The tongue scene was easily the worst thing I've ever read.

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  • [–] [S] 36 points 1 year ago* (12 children)

    This was the first Crichton novel I read, and it got me into his other works. Most of them have the common theme of:

    1. There's a secret science place where science happens
    2. At event causes people not normally associated with the secret science place to have to go to the secret science place
    3. The secret science at the secret science place goes horribly wrong
    4. The secret science place blows up in the end

    That formula doesn't really detract from any of his books, but I did laugh when I had read enough of his catalog to see the pattern.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    This is a structure even more common than just one author. It needs a name like the hero's journey has. Heck, your summary works for Alien Ressurection!

    I nominate "Science goes wrong"

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