> 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.
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