This passed the time on the bus. I don’t really have much of an opinion. Crichton is an intelligent and skilled writer, so even this very flat, lifeless story never fell into any wretched traps. The characters were pretty lifeless, but not so much that it made me sick. The archetypal baddies were predictable, but there was enough going on that I wasn’t certain I was right in my prediction until it was finally revealed. Crichton handled some technical material … Read the rest