[bootless]

Nice analysis of the evolution of Mr. Crichton's writing. I tore through Prey. :-)

As a sidenote, my father, who was an airline captain who retired in 1979, had him on flight after the Andromeda Strain came out (he was also reading it at the time). Dad said he was a good guy.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Thanks. "Prey" was very good and made me glad that level of technology is pretty far down the road. Bet guys like your dad put the bee in his bonnet for "Airframe". Ironic how that scenario is being played out in reality, critical parts outsourced to the ChiComs and all. I foresee a lot of infrastructure disasters happening due to such practices and the use of unqualified (illegal) builders.