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Travels by: Michael Crichton List Price: CDN$ 19.95 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 14.56 You Save: CDN$5.39 (27%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060509057 ISBN: 0060509058 Label: Harper Paperback Manufacturer: Harper Paperback Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: October 24, 2002 Publisher: Harper Paperback Release Date: November 04, 2002 Studio: Harper Paperback Sales Rank: 39630 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Nothing can beat nonfictionFor me it is Chrichton's best book although I was disturbed by its last few chapters. It is an acconut of Chrichton's experiences as a med student, as a writer, as a director and even as a fanatic (telepathy, out of the body experiences, auras etc). The tales are funny yet irreverent. Rating:  - HorribleBoring and rediculous! Crichton experiences are laughably irrational and I was horrified that such a brilliant man would do the most illogical and bizzare things. He scares me. Rating:  - Gets better with each readThis book is amazing. Not only does it have the great Crichton voyeuristic side of being taken into different worlds, but it also has a reveletory nature that really makes you stop and think about life. I am a super cynical person, but this book made me extremely contemplative about human nature. Yes, a lot of it is like a time trip into the 70s (auras, bending spoons, esp) but since Crichton is SO well educated and smart, it makes it much more interesting to read about than from some new agey-type that you can just write off as being a weirdo. When hiking in the desert I've thought many times of him talking to a cactus and had a good giggle. Also I really liked how each chapter is a self-contained story. When ... Read More: Rating: - a fascinating book on Crichton's time travelling the worldI've been a fan of Crichton's fiction since I first read Jurassic Park years ago. I love how he mixes reality with the potential science of the future. The events in his novels may not be possible, but when Crichton tells the story you believe that they are plausible. Perhaps it is Crichton's attention to detail that makes the stories both so interesting as well as believable. It is this same attention to detail that makes Travels such an interesting book. Travels is a series of essays broken up into two sections. The first section deals with Crichton's time in medical school. These stories are very interesting as we get to see some of the inner working of hospitals, and some of the stuff that we wouldn't see on TV (and might ... Read More: Rating:  - Good book, but too much spiritualismThis is the kind of book that gets you involved into a person's actual life and adventures. As all the books of M.C. the story telling is terrific, full of action and fun. Rarely is when you can read a documented story of an skeptic becoming a full believer in the trends of past life experiences, auras, etc. In my opinion this could have been a great book if the secound part of it was not as supernatural packed, but hey.. It's his life!!! . I got a little bored at the end. By having all these experiences (and the money to pay for them! ) it's easy to understand that getting in touch with our inner nature and the nature that sorrounds us is the turning point for having that type of creativity and imagination. I wouldn't ... Read More: |
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