Comments on: Remembering Hillerman and Crichton http://www.dragonpage.com/2008/11/06/remembering-hillerman-and-crichton/ Conversations with the Creators of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Thrillers! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:12:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marlin May http://www.dragonpage.com/2008/11/06/remembering-hillerman-and-crichton/comment-page-1/#comment-528707 Marlin May Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:44:03 +0000 http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=2562#comment-528707 I wonder how long it will take us to realize how much damage Mr. Crichton did to science and technology by promoting a technophobic, not just techno-skeptical, viewpoint, particularly in his later books. The possibility definitely exists for his novels to become the 20th century's versions of "Frankenstein" or "Brave New World" He was skeptical of this possibility - http://www.reason.com/news/show/129950.html - but I still wonder. I wonder how long it will take us to realize how much damage Mr. Crichton did to science and technology by promoting a technophobic, not just techno-skeptical, viewpoint, particularly in his later books.

The possibility definitely exists for his novels to become the 20th century’s versions of “Frankenstein” or “Brave New World”

He was skeptical of this possibility – http://www.reason.com/news/show/129950.html – but I still wonder.

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