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Congo by Michael Crichton
Is interesting.
The thing is though, it’s not specifically as scary or heart racing as Jurassic Park and the technology information is so very very VERY dated. I’m curious if in 1980 when this book came out if half of the appeal was the interesting technology. But all of the talk of what computers can do, programs, and satellites, was at a point laughable knowing just how much I could do on my phone.
There is a scene where they talk about snipping and editing and looping a voice recording and it has them taking hours. We can easily do that on our phones in 10 second maybe a minute.
The joyous thing about Crichton's writing is that they mix real life quotes, and information with fictitious timeline and story. So we have Amy and Elitot in the same universe as Jane Goodall. You may end up looking up, did certain things happen. Was there a rush on blue diamonds, are there other types of gorillas? It’s all so plausible giving companies with banks of money and human’s Hubris.
I did not enjoy the dated language. It’s very “man this” when they meant humans, and the terms used for certain people(s) made me question if it was “of its time” or truly in need of a revision. The characters themselves were great if a bit stereotypical but the epilogue just dropped everything like end of report here’s what the others did.
This book is for anyone that enjoys popular & reality based sci-fi with a focus on animals. If you are interested in mysteries, history, or gorillas; and if you like Crichton’s easy writing style and interesting delivery. It is certainly a very filmable book, almost written like current reality tv shows with commentary post scene interjected through outs
Is interesting.
The thing is though, it’s not specifically as scary or heart racing as Jurassic Park and the technology information is so very very VERY dated. I’m curious if in 1980 when this book came out if half of the appeal was the interesting technology. But all of the talk of what computers can do, programs, and satellites, was at a point laughable knowing just how much I could do on my phone.
There is a scene where they talk about snipping and editing and looping a voice recording and it has them taking hours. We can easily do that on our phones in 10 second maybe a minute.
The joyous thing about Crichton's writing is that they mix real life quotes, and information with fictitious timeline and story. So we have Amy and Elitot in the same universe as Jane Goodall. You may end up looking up, did certain things happen. Was there a rush on blue diamonds, are there other types of gorillas? It’s all so plausible giving companies with banks of money and human’s Hubris.
I did not enjoy the dated language. It’s very “man this” when they meant humans, and the terms used for certain people(s) made me question if it was “of its time” or truly in need of a revision. The characters themselves were great if a bit stereotypical but the epilogue just dropped everything like end of report here’s what the others did.
This book is for anyone that enjoys popular & reality based sci-fi with a focus on animals. If you are interested in mysteries, history, or gorillas; and if you like Crichton’s easy writing style and interesting delivery. It is certainly a very filmable book, almost written like current reality tv shows with commentary post scene interjected through outs