Laura interviews Michael Crichton [RIP]

[gavexPro]

I just finished Prey, reading Pirate Latitudes now. I have read Jurrassic Park and the Lost World, along with the Andromeda Strain and Congo. I have also read Timeline. I love Crichton's books.

[surfyogi]

Michael was the first great genius that I was exposed to, that I understood how amazing his intellect really was. Knowing his work, taught me to recognize genius in general, when I found it. Most people know know it when they find it in their lives, feel inspired by it, understand what they have in front of them. Michael taught me what an author could be, and the impact a great genius has on society. His autobiography "Travels", helped me to understand his impact and the wonder of his mind.

[dboff12345]

lol at staring blankly after saying "black plague came out of nowhere...and killed one person in three"...I know he heard some noise but jeez

[surfyogi]

Travels, by Michael is the bomb...

[surfyogi]

Crichton put together reality better than anyone I've ever experienced before. The ultimate generalist, he could delve into so many different disciplines and mash it together into a synthesis of reality that nobody else had ever conceived of.

i consider him a genius of our time, because he had so much to say in the face of so much ready ridicule, which he was able to easily dismiss as shallow and unthoughtout..

[david28175]

what an idiot interviewer, she hadn't been listening to a word he was saying. And for an experienced and intelegant man like michael, I was very disapointed that he couldnt understand that interviewers get their ass kicked for going overtime. I was hoping he'd understand she was obviouusly niev'e and young in her attention span.

[falcor1978]

Is this part of some larger interview or documentary or something that can be found somewhere?

[JosephKnight93]

Yeah I loved Travels too. It changed the way I view the world and the nature of reality. And I was upset upon news of his passing too.

[ElFrankus]

That´s the man i admired back when i was 17,. that´s the man i shed a tear for when i heard the news of his passing.

[ElFrankus]

He was something of a Globetrotter, he NEEDED to travel, needed to try new experiences, needed to completely "get out of himself and the routine" every now and then. (even though his life was anything BUT routine!). He narrates his experience at directing Sean Connery ...his encounters with the Hollywood fauna, with crystal ball readers who were right in their predictions...simply amazing.

[ElFrankus]

he comes across as a man full of curiosity, very normal in his human reactions,-not at all conceited-. Someone who, skeptic at first , gradually began entering the world of meditation, eastern philosopies, adivination, etc, all with a grain of salt. You will see the natural progression towards something as ER, if you like ER, this book is a must (I read it before ER existed. He hated medicine, BTW).

[david28175]

@ElFrankus cool u know a lot about michael crichton, my fav book is timeline

[ElFrankus]

It may seem odd, but as someone who is a longtime Crichton Fan, I must say that my favorite Book of his is "Travels". I read it when I was 17, and made me decide to switch my major from Law to Communications/ writing

(I am not a US citizen, so i didn´t went to college because we don´t have that here, we go to university straight so it was a BIG choice...ehh but i Digress)

I heartily recommend Travels to all of you..