Heroic Dreams - All Things Medieval http://castlefiction.com/heroicdreams The Blog Devoted to All Things Medieval; Weapons, Armor, Knights, Castles, Books and More -----------Never Give a Sword to a Man who can't Dance - Old Celtic Saying Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:54:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 en Some thoughts about Michael Crichton and the best book he ever wrote http://castlefiction.com/heroicdreams/some-thoughts-about-michael-crichton-and-the-best-book-he-ever-wrote.html http://castlefiction.com/heroicdreams/some-thoughts-about-michael-crichton-and-the-best-book-he-ever-wrote.html#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:54:56 +0000 webmaster BooksBooks http://castlefiction.com/heroicdreams/some-thoughts-about-michael-crichton-and-the-best-book-he-ever-wrote.html I am going to tell you about his best work… but not yet, you probably never heard of it.

Of course you probably know a lot about him. He was quite a remarkable man, he wrote many blockbuster books that were turned into movies and in a wide variety of subjects, usually technology and science based.  And seeing as this blog is mostly a medieval blog you should know that he wrote Timeline which is a time travel story about travel back to medieval times, and Eaters of the Dead , which is partially based on Beowulf. It has also been made into a movie with Antonio Banderas (The 13th Warrior ). And he is of course the author of Jurassic Park and the creator of the hit tv show “ER”.

The list of accomplishments that he had is staggering and I am not going to go into it. Lets just say he was quite a remarkable man. What I really want to talk about in this post is his best, and possibly least known, book. It is called Travels and it is without a doubt my favorite of all his works. And I was shocked when I heard him say the same thing during an interview with Charlie Rose.

About Travels

It is autobiographical in nature. But it not your typical autobiography. It is all about his Travels in both the external world and the internal world. He seeks answers to questions that we all seek answers to. He keeps an open mind about everything and tries to find the truth in things. It’s a remarkable book and I highly recommend it.

Travels by Michael Crichton

Travels

I find myself wondering as I hold the book in my hand if Michael has finally found the answers to the questions in the book - now that he has made his final travel and crossed over that last, and most mysterious border.

 

He has another finished book coming out next year but they won’t reveal anything about it or the title of it. I think it will be akin to travels but thats just a guess. It would be fitting though.

 

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 Happy Halloween everybody.

A web visitor created a nice logo for my website and I thought I would share it with you. He is a fan of my site and an avid catapult builder. Being brown and orange it is perfect for halloween! Here is the logo:

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Coming today! I have a whole bunch of Legend of the Seeker stuff that I am going to post. It premieres tomorrow night!

Will

 

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