{"id":952,"date":"2008-11-13T23:13:11","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T22:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.widmann.org.uk\/?p=952"},"modified":"2008-11-13T23:13:11","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T22:13:11","slug":"famous-for-the-wrong-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/famous-for-the-wrong-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous for the wrong books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk\/e\/cm?t=thewidblo-21&#038;o=2&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=0099222825&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=FFFFFF&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" align=\"left\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>I forgot to blog last week that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/jurassic-park-author-crichton-dies-at-66-994915.html\">Michael Crichton has died<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most people probably know him for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0099282917?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thewidblo-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=0099282917\">Jurassic Park<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.co.uk\/e\/ir?t=thewidblo-21&#038;l=as2&#038;o=2&#038;a=0099282917\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, or for the older generation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0099319519?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thewidblo-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=0099319519\">The Andromeda Strain<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.co.uk\/e\/ir?t=thewidblo-21&#038;l=as2&#038;o=2&#038;a=0099319519\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>However, his first work that made an impression on me was <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B000059L8L?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thewidblo-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=B000059L8L\">The First Great Train Robbery<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.co.uk\/e\/ir?t=thewidblo-21&#038;l=as2&#038;o=2&#038;a=B000059L8L\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>, and I consider his best book <i>Eaters of the Dead<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>His ideas got progressively worse, I&#8217;m sorry to say.<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0099244721?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thewidblo-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=0099244721\">Timeline<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.co.uk\/e\/ir?t=thewidblo-21&#038;l=as2&#038;o=2&#038;a=0099244721\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i> is based on a flawed understanding of the Multiverse, and <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0007229739?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thewidblo-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=0007229739\">Prey<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.co.uk\/e\/ir?t=thewidblo-21&#038;l=as2&#038;o=2&#038;a=0007229739\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i> demonstrates a lack of understanding of basic evolutionary principles.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of this, his books were always a good read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I forgot to blog last week that Michael Crichton has died. Most people probably know him for Jurassic Park, or for the older generation The Andromeda Strain. However, his first work that made an impression on me was The First Great Train Robbery, and I consider his best book Eaters of the Dead. His ideas got progressively worse, I&#8217;m sorry to say. Timeline is based on a flawed understanding of the Multiverse, and Prey demonstrates a lack of understanding of basic evolutionary principles. In spite of this, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,119,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-en","category-media","category-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}