![]() ![]() ![]() The first two, read in the context of his later career, are certainly laden with the themes he'd found much of the twaddle in, being broadly "Experts are too narrowly focussed to be trusted", but are less stridently fixated on it. Probably three of Crichton's best, and certainly better than the twaddle that concluded his career (does Timeline or Prey make me more angry.?). It took me forever to finish these since I only read the book during my lunch breaks in the office. Following Edward Pierce while he was recruiting and planning the robbery was a lot of fun and now I need to watch the movie. I know some people did not like the history lesson being part of the story but I thoroughly enjoyed learning about Victorain England and it helped me understand the context of the criminals and the robbery they were part of. This was my favorite out of this collection. This story takes place on the verge of a new technological era and is akin to where we are with artificial intelligence now. ![]() It could be because I'm in IT and reading about ancient computers is interesting. I heard this story is one of Crichton's less popular stories, however I enjoyed it quite a lot. Reminds me of Covid a great deal with how much unknowns we had to deal with in the beginning and for me that was the best part of this book. I guess without getting into any spoilers, I did not like the ending even though it is believable. I really enjoyed this book but things tied up a little too nicely at the end if that makes any sense. ![]()
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