Crichton’s Revenge
December 15th, 2006 by BifIn March of this year political journalist Michael Crowley criticised novelist Michael Crichton’s views on global warming(sub. required). So the Jurassic park author writes him into his next book as a child rapist. As a neat Bifsniff tie-in, the journalist wondered at first whether Crichton was having a potshot at Cork’s Worker’s Party representative Mick Crowley. Ta to Kottke for the link.
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December 15th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
Two things come to mind. The first… despite indisputable evidence and when faced with the “bleedin’ obvious” some will still cling to old beliefs because it negetively effects their status/prosperity/identity, flat earthers, the holocaust never happened etc etc
Also….sucsessful writers almost always credit writing about what they know about best contributing to their sucsess…
December 15th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
Uh, what is it you’re suggesting Michael Cricton knows best? Or should I ask?