> From: Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Sep 28, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Russell Chapman wrote: > > > Sorry, what I meant was that in my opinion, it was his lobbying > > (and fame) that got him invited, not the contents of the book. It > > was meant as a criticism of the book's plot, nothing more... > > Thanks for the clarification. I haven't read the book, but a > conservative friend of Peggy's recommended it to her and I pointed > out that Crichton seemed to be playing to the conservative "Global > Warming is a Crock" crowd just to draw more attention to himself... > > I know that people around here seem to favor a certain Sci-fi writer
> whose name is NOT Crichton, but is he widely regarded as a crackpot, > or is it just us B? He's widely regarded as a luddite anti-science kook. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
