As in mine (although I've got the ebook). Apparently the first few chapters were taken pretty much verbatim then veered off into his story. He even added extremely pedantic footnotes by fictitious scholars.
Very slickly done. Jim Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 7:28 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Michael Crichton, State of Fear > > Yes, he is at pains to say that in the edition I have. > > Dana > > > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:17:18 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Eaters of the Dead is an interesting novel. Just enough real > > background to lend credulance to the book - I recently got a modern > > translation of Ibn Fadlan's chronology of his trip to Scandinavia in > > the 12th or 13th century. Some of the stuff Crighton includes > > apparently happened - like the funerals etc. But most of it whas > > Criighton's imagination. > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:08:03 -0500, Jim Davis > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 5:27 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Michael Crichton, State of Fear > > > > > > > > Anyone read Michael Crichton's new book, "State of Fear"? Is it any > > > > good? No spoilers please. > > > > > > I'm curious too - also suggestions on anything else by him that's > really > > > good. I had never read him but just finished "Eaters of the Dead" and > > > "Prey" a while ago and liked them both (although the ending of "Prey" > left a > > > little to be desired). > > > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:139229 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
